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Luxury skyscraper hotel destroyed in massive blaze in Chechnya (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Russia Today ^
| April 03, 2013
Posted on 04/04/2013 7:22:38 PM PDT by Sawdring
The blaze that had engulfed the tallest skyscraper in the North Caucasus region of Russia, has been put out, leaving the building almost completely destroyed.
According to information given by local emergency services, the fire that had engulfed the 'Grozny City' skyscraper on Wednesday, was put out in the early hours of Thursday, at 1:30 AM. The blaze has left the 40-floor building in a state of near-complete destruction.
The local emergency service said the call about the fire on between the 4th and 5th floors was received at around 18:00 PM local time (14:00 GMT).
According to witnesses pictures that immediately started to appear on Twitter, all stories of the building had been covered in flames.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; Russia
KEYWORDS: chechnyafire; russia; russiafire; skyscraperfire
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:22:38 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: Sawdring
Any people inside? Arson?
To: Sawdring
To: Sawdring
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:29:31 PM PDT
by
omega4179
To: Sawdring
and that's all on the outside... i believe it's something the building was coated with
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:29:32 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: a fool in paradise
They said a short circuit but supposedly it was a Russian oligarch's miniature giraffe that kicked over an ashtray.
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:30:28 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: a fool in paradise
Any people inside? Arson? Chechnya? I'd venture TROP.
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:30:45 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them.)
To: Sawdring
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:33:11 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: Sawdring
Gee. If I were that Sultan who built all the mega-skyscrapers in Dubai, those videos would make me just a little bit queasy.
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:33:12 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: machogirl
"Towering Inferno?"
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:35:17 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(My tagline has mysteriously vanished...)
To: a fool in paradise
Muslims will be muslims.
The building could be made of concrete and wet noodles, it would still burn. Or explode. Or both.
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:36:34 PM PDT
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
To: Sawdring
Suicide bomb training went wrong again!
To: Sawdring
I was shocked to find out there are ANY buildings left in Grozny.
To: Sawdring
Interesting detail:
In the burning skyscrapers, known collectively as 'Olympus', is an apartment belonging to French film star and tax exile Gerard Depardieu. LifeNews tabloid reports local administration confirmed the Frenchmans apartment is on the 27th floor, facing the so-called 'heart of Grozny'- central mosque.
To: ken5050
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:50:40 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: The Free Engineer
I don’t associate Grozny As a vacation hotspot.
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posted on
04/04/2013 7:52:30 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: Sawdring
A building covered with flammable plastic. What could go wrong?
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:00:12 PM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: Sawdring
Anyone going to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games?
It could get exciting.
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:38:39 PM PDT
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(I was only following orders.)
To: Sawdring; a fool in paradise
A rainy night in Georgia would of fixed it!
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posted on
04/04/2013 8:40:05 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Sawdring
Too bad it didn't spread to that ugly building with the missiles on each corner.
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posted on
04/04/2013 11:19:56 PM PDT
by
FreeAtlanta
(bahits.com)
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