pentagon being evacuated right now

johneetrash

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i forgot if it was cnn or fox news channel but it's being evacuated because of a fire that cant be stopped, not because of terrorist attacks etc..
 

BlueApple

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I know when I was on the way to downtown today (DOT, 7th & D st SW) that it was still smoking and many roads around it were closed. You could see the firemen walking down the street with soot on them along with police with automatic rifles. When I went outside my house today I could smell the fire burning, and I am 3 miles away from it. The close I got the stronger the smell go, and the visibility started to decrease once you get within a half-mile of the Pentagon.
 

snow

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I'm really surprised that they can't seal off sections of the building. I would have assumed taht it was built in that way. I hope they get it under control before the whole damn place goes down.

Did they rescue the people trapped underneath?
 

perry

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Pentagon was originally designed/built back in the 40s to be a giant hospital. Probably was never designed to have the good fire suppression and control systems that are necessary to control a fire like this.
 

BlueApple

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I would doubt it would fall down because less then 1/3 of the building is being affected at the moment by the fire as far as I can tell from news feeds. There have been reports coming out saying that they fear that no one else is alive but report between 100-800 people still missing, presumed dead.

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