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Old 11-21-2005, 12:02 PM
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Originally posted by Deke4life
Actually, as Dr. Jones notes Building number 7 had minor to moderate fires, Also, In the History of Steel buildings, never has one ever colpapsed due to fire. I would encourage you to read the article and especially Dr. Jones' paper:
I keep seeing people throw around the whole "in the history of steel builindings, never has one collapsed due to fire". Problem is that that isn't true - it ignores history, and the fact that the WTC buildings weren't solely steel (other materials were used). But if you want evidence of steel-frame buildings collapsing due to fire/extreme fire one only has to look at the fate of cities in Germany that were firebombed in WWII (such as Dresden) - the firestorms destroyed many steelframed and reinforced factories or government buildings.
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