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25. If they burn on multiple floors, uncontrolled without sprinklers for hours, yeah.

Wed Aug 8, 2012, 12:48 PM

Aug 2012

Actually they do.

All the metal components of the Windsor Tower in Madrid collapsed to the ground in a couple hours, all that was left was the concrete-pillar construction components of the building, as the fire didn't do much to concrete.

It was a hybrid building, part concrete, part steel-frame. All the steel frame stuff collapsed under it's own weight in the heat.

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I find this extremely troubling... KansDem Aug 2012 #36

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over a decade and the search for truthy moves onward! snooper2 Aug 2012 #21

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If they burn on multiple floors, uncontrolled without sprinklers for hours, yeah. AtheistCrusader Aug 2012 #25

I remember Rosie O'Donnell's inane statement on the View Equate Aug 2012 #28

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Fair enough Equate Aug 2012 #54

Hours? bongbong Aug 2012 #31

That was in reference to WTC7. AtheistCrusader Aug 2012 #33

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What I was thinking. When is it going to collapse?... truth2power Aug 2012 #32

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