Atlantic Station Fire
Yes, there was a big fire in Atlantic Station. The Element construction site across the street caught fire early Sunday morning and it turned into one of the biggest multifamily residential fires in decades.
One building of our condo complex caught fire and several units had severe damage. My car has some minor damage from falling (burning) debris. From what I understand, 90+ people had to leave their homes, though only 20 condos in our building were “severely damaged”. Our condo is fine. Heather and I were in New York for our good friend Scott’s wedding.
I shot a few photos of the destruction, including the damage to my vehicle. I’ll try to post a few other links when I get a chance. This building looks like a war zone, especially the cars along the street that burned.
July 26th, 2005 at 4:59 pm
That’s scary. Glad y’all are ok.
July 27th, 2005 at 3:29 am
Oh wow. It does look like a war scene–but I’m glad your condo is fine, you and Heather are fine, and your car is (mostly) fine. Insurance will cover the damage, I hope. Yikes.
July 27th, 2005 at 2:49 pm
Yeah, we’ll be fine. I am taking my car in today, so we’ll be a one-car family for a while, but not as long as the people whose cars were melted in those photos… In the end, we were pretty lucky.
Now, as long as the IKEA doesn’t explode, we’ll be ok.
August 5th, 2005 at 6:03 am
Glad to hear y’all are OK. I guess that’s your “welcome to the neighborhood”…
Are you serious? You obviously haven’t heard that IKEA’s are impervious to fire.