There was a massive fire late this afternoon (and burning still...although contained) in Conshohocken (the next town over from us on the other side of the Schuylkill River). Jerry and I were driving to dinner and saw smoke..HUGE amounts of thick black smoke. I said "come on, I've got my camera, lets go look". He rolled his eyes and say "No, I don't want to". Until we saw the flames...we were at least 1/2 mile away looking across a small valley...the flames were at least 100 to 120 feet high! They were taller than the Marriott Tower which sits on our side of the River. So we went to look (from a safe distance). We had no idea at the time what it was. Except that I have never seen such huge intense flames.
Turns out it started in an apartment building under construction (burned it completely to the ground) and then skip over to a newly complete but not occupied apartment building. Then to parts of at least 3 other apartment buildings in the same complex. There is massive damage (both fire and smoke) and as of 10 tonight they are still pouring huge amounts of water on it...They were even pumping water out of the Schulykill River.
I drove over tonight to take some picture and to check at the RedCross center as to whether they needed help. They were amazingly organzied and it appeared that most people were going to be put up with friends/family or in hotel rooms in the area.
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