09-13-2013, 03:34 PM
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When I was watching the news yesterday earlier on when it started, it happened around kohr's custard shop, and witnesses that saw the fire in its infancy were saying it was under the boardwalk. It which makes sense on its ability to spread so fast because if it was by the decking itself it would be like a giant wooden match with the crazy winds throwing the embers everywhere. They also stated people actually got to the ignition spot in the beginning and had fire extinguishers on it and such but the wind killed their efforts. I don't know the fire codes and requirements in seaside but I know commercially in area's where my businesses are if the fire started inside one of the buildings its chances of being stopped would have been so much higher. Based on the spread and the witnesses accounts its fitting to have been something under the boardwalk.
The odd color flames and smoke can be electrical and or chemical but it would be from the products inside the businesses catching fire after the fact, powdered sugar if caught in that wind probably made some crazy flames.
The odd color flames and smoke can be electrical and or chemical but it would be from the products inside the businesses catching fire after the fact, powdered sugar if caught in that wind probably made some crazy flames.