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Mountain Man
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This building is going fast, hopefully that means these fuckers will stop blocking the bike lane soon!
Crazyeamon
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Sky of Blue
Active Member
That doesn’t look good.
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October
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Awe no that sucks! According to a construction worker on reddit the fire got put out though...
MichaelS
Senior Member
Yikes! Does the crane have to come down now? I really don't know, but I would be hesitant to trust a crane whose base has been on fire like that.....
1875
Senior Member
just when its been running in high gear. fingers crossed.
gsunnyg
Senior Member
And then there's the West Village tower in the back overlooking the fire, bet it had something to do with it. Jealousy?
Mountain Man
Senior Member
What caught fire? Never seen a tower crane catch fire at the base before...
Sky of Blue
Active Member
It’s not at the base of the crane. That pic just shows the very top of the fire. It was much larger down lower from the crane base.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
The wooden hoarding around the crane was on fire, not the actual crane. Looked like they were using the crane when I was out walking today at lunch, so any damage was likely just superficial.
Beltline_B
Senior Member
All good now.
MichaelS
Senior Member
Thanks for clarifying. That picture shows the crane base is blackened by the fire, difficult to see the source. I too was curious what would burn like that on a (presumably) all metal base. Maybe something flammable spilled on it, but the hoarding below is a much more reasonable explanation.
The Familia
Active Member
This tower looks really good! Worth the painful excavation! Too bad it wasn’t located in the east village or a little closer to all the new towers on 10th Ave like Mark and Lamb’s tower.
O-tac
Active Member
It sounds like the West Village tower has become Calgary’s Clockzilla.