  Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger Post Number: 512 Registered: 05-2006 |
Just heard the news on WDIV. can't find a link as yet. All 41 residents have been evacuated safely. | ||
Evelyn Member Username: Evelyn Post Number: 56 Registered: 02-2005 |
What? How badly was the building damaged? If anyone has a link, please post! | ||
Kittypooka Member Username: Kittypooka Post Number: 7 Registered: 01-2006 |
Around what time did this happen? I was just there at about 7pmish to snag a roll of quarters from their front desk. Thought I smelled burning plastic about a block away but couldn't figure out from where. There seemed to be quite a few fire and police around the front of the Motor City though. | ||
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx Post Number: 849 Registered: 02-2004 |
Probably all the faulty wiring in that place. | ||
Gotdetroit Member Username: Gotdetroit Post Number: 119 Registered: 12-2005 |
There were alot of fire trucks and so forth out front of the MGM parking structure when I got home last night. Did not notice anything at the Leland. But I wasn't staring out my window all night either. | ||
Chris_rohn Member Username: Chris_rohn Post Number: 389 Registered: 04-2005 |
According to the Leland City Club forum it was limited to one apartment on the sixth floor. | ||
Evelyn Member Username: Evelyn Post Number: 57 Registered: 02-2005 |
Here's the link from WDIV: http://www.clickondetroit.com/ news/15118899/detail.html | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 2503 Registered: 06-2004 |
quote: If I owned a hotel that large, and only had 41 residents in it, I'd torch it as well... | ||
Melody Member Username: Melody Post Number: 92 Registered: 11-2007 |
They must mean all 41 that were home at the time. Last night I was with my friend who lives there, and he wasn't evacuated because he wasn't there. There have been fires there before that didn't make the news. Not sure why it did this time, especially since it was contained to only one floor. (Message edited by Melody on January 23, 2008) | ||
J_to_the_jeremy Member Username: J_to_the_jeremy Post Number: 41 Registered: 03-2007 |
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Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 1262 Registered: 11-2003 |
I wonder if the smoke detectors actually work in that place. | ||
Sarge Member Username: Sarge Post Number: 834 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ah, the hotel that brought me to this forum in the first place many moons ago. Glad to hear no one was badly injured and the place is intact. Anybody else go there for MEPS back in the 80's or earlier? | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 2270 Registered: 10-2006 |
"I wonder if the smoke detectors actually work in that place." It's doubtful that when this hotel was constructed that they had very many fire suppression systems installed to limit fires to one floor. Nowadays, high rises are constructed so that a fire on one floor does not necessarily mean that the whole building needs to be evacuated. Does the Leland hotel have fire sprinklers? | ||
Spacemonkey Member Username: Spacemonkey Post Number: 293 Registered: 03-2006 |
My comment that was blocked ... um, it was not a libel claim. It is substantiated. And there's nothing wrong with that. | ||
Civilprotectionunit4346 Member Username: Civilprotectionunit4346 Post Number: 620 Registered: 06-2007 |
Higgins will probably not fix any of the damage & let it decay. I know the guy lives there from what ive heard. But they way he takes care of his other buildings(The Broderick Tower) I doubt anything will get done. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1103 Registered: 11-2005 |
The Leland, in better days: http://s215.photobucket.com/al bums/cc280/buildingsofdetroit/ ?action=tags¤t=Detroit-L eland%20Hotel%2FLeland%20Hotel | ||
Kslice Member Username: Kslice Post Number: 276 Registered: 04-2007 |
My bet is that they would have had to fit the hotel with some kind of fire suppression. Fire code is very strict, especially with older, less safe buildings. | ||
Single_malt Member Username: Single_malt Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2008 |
"It's doubtful that when this hotel was constructed that they had very many fire suppression systems installed to limit fires to one floor. Nowadays, high rises are constructed so that a fire on one floor does not necessarily mean that the whole building needs to be evacuated. Does the Leland hotel have fire sprinklers?" Not necessarily true. Before 9/11 high rise buildings were set up to alarm one floor above and one floor below where the smoke/fire was detected. Now it is up the AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction), like a Fire Marshal to decide. In the City of Detroit they like general alarm, which alerts the entire building there is a fire. If it is a building over 4 stories, then it has a voice/speaker evacuation system. Otherwise it is temporal sounds. Unlike the city of Troy, it depends on the building their alarm requirements my vary. Most of property and life damage is caused by smoke. I just joined this forum, so once I figure out how everything works, I'll be one happy dude. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 2297 Registered: 10-2006 |
It's ok. There are plenty of happy people in this world that don't know how this forum works... | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 6287 Registered: 08-2004 |
Spacemonkey... you've been here long enough to know that outing people in any way shape or form on this forum is strictly forbidden. We only have that right when it comes to ourselves, and not others. (Message edited by Gistok on February 10, 2008) |
