Re: China Telecom in Hunan office tower fire

2022-09-16 Thread George Herbert
I think “the whole building burned” is a bit hyperbolic. Building was covered in the now known to be spectacularly flammable exterior foam insulation panels. Those panels are now largely banned because of several fires. It had intact windows and fire sprinklers when the cladding ignited on

Re: China Telecom in Hunan office tower fire

2022-09-16 Thread Sean Donelan
Statement from China Telecom (translation by Google Translate) "This afternoon, the façade of the Changsha Second Communication Building caught fire, and the fire was extinguished. In order to prevent danger, some equipment in the building has been powered off. At present, fixed-line

Re: China Telecom in Hunan office tower fire

2022-09-16 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 8:29 AM Sean Donelan wrote: > The China Telecom office tower fire in Hunan is reportedly out, after > completely burning the entire 200m tower (42-floors). That's quite something: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/16/fire-engulfs-skyscraper-china-no-

China Telecom in Hunan office tower fire

2022-09-16 Thread Sean Donelan
The China Telecom office tower fire in Hunan is reportedly out, after completely burning the entire 200m tower (42-floors). China Telecom statement: "By around 4:30 pm today, the fire at our No. 2 Communications Tower in Changsha has been extinguished. No casualties have yet