Boone is Burning

[Mr Janny]

Anyone else hear about this? Sounds like it is pretty serious. And the 0 degree temperatures did not help any. The wife of one of my co-workers owns a business in this area. He has been out all morning making sure the flames do not spread to their shop.

Fire Roars Through Downtown Boone Buildings - Des Moines News Story - KCCI Des Moines

 

[Palmer]

holy cow..that is not good.

 

[CyGal]

The article says it started in one of the apartments - judging from past experience, I'm suprised it didn't start in the kitchen of the restaurant.

 

[jaretac]

We had a structure fire one time when it was this cold out. I took off my gloves for a minute and they completely froze, I had to find a new pair of gloves. It's one of those experiences that every firefighter should experience at sometime, but no one wants to experience it more then once.

 

[cyclone111]

Pictures are on kwbg.com

 

[NobodyBeatsCy]

I was a student at ISU when the FIJI fraternity house burned down in sub-zero temps. After it was all over, it looked like an ice castle from all the water they poured into it

 

[iowast_nate]

I was a student at ISU when the FIJI fraternity house burned down in sub-zero temps. After it was all over, it looked like an ice castle from all the water they poured into it

I believe a photo of that made its way to Time Magazine...

 

[NobodyBeatsCy]

Here is one pic from the day after:

 

[NobodyBeatsCy]

Here is another

 

[BigSkyCy2]

This is crazy. My parents used to own a business on that same block, same side of the street just 4 doors down...

 

[Palmer]

Here is another

What year did that occur? I assume early 80's?

 

[NobodyBeatsCy]

What year did that occur? I assume early 80's?

The date stamp that the photo processor put on the print was March 1982 - so I think it was that Christmas break - Jan 82

 

[TykeClone]

We had a structure fire one time when it was this cold out. I took off my gloves for a minute and they completely froze, I had to find a new pair of gloves. It's one of those experiences that every firefighter should experience at sometime, but no one wants to experience it more then once.

We had a small fire at the local care center this winter one night when it was -25. Thankfully it was confined as far away from the residents as possible, but I was pretty well encased in ice in short order.

One of the difficulties in that fire when it was that cold is that there was zero visibility - the cold air hitting the warm, humid air of the care center filled everything with a thick fog. That and if you were outside, water and steam flash-froze to your visor.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Same URL as in original post (Body Found Inside Burned Boone Building - Des Moines News Story - KCCI Des Moines) now goes to updated story saying one body was found in the burned building.