Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

it simply wasnt , when they pulled the firefighters out the fire was limited to 2 floors and a very small area. i think the part you forget is that you judge your ability to fight a fire by the resources you have to fight it. It doesnt mean the fire was uncontrollable it means their ability to fight it was severely hampered

All the resources were tied up in search and rescue for the building with actual humans inside , not the building with no people inside.

Could they have put it out if they had all resources available to them ? most certainly, you dont have to agree, but you have to admit you have never seen a building collapse like that from that sort of fire ever, because under normal circumstances it would never happen, even under similar circumstances i have never seen it happen, seems awfully strange a building designed for use in emergency would crumble easier than any building i have ever seen




THIS is a major fire ( that did not collapse the building )




THIS is not a major fire that DID collapse a building



ask any fire chief if they notice a difference