they did pull it. they were worried about it collapsing for a little while and fought it from the outside only for quite some time.
there goes fizz lying again they were concerned about the ceiling on a single floor falling not the building collapsing
HAHAHAhahahaha!! welcome back, jackass. its nice to see you talking out of your ass again.
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Fire officials on the scene of the crash were worried the building would collapse as metal beams were reportedly breaking.
EMS officials say 13 people were treated on the scene, suffering from heat-related injuries. Of those, two were critically injured and transported to the hospital. One person suffered second-degree burns across 25 percent of his back. He was transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. The other suffered non-life threatening injuries due to smoke inhalation.
Meanwhile, witnesses at the house fire in the 1800 block of Dapplegrey Lane told News 8 Austin they feared the fire was intentionally set. Investigators have confirmed the house was owned by 53-year-old software engineer Andrew Joseph Stack.
2 dead after plane crashes into North Austin building
Updated: 2/18/2010 9:04 PM
By: Anna M. Gonzalez
A federal employee died when a plane crashed into a building in North Austin Thursday, police say.
According to federal officials, the pilot of the plane started a house fire in North Austin before heading to the Georgetown Municipal Airport, getting into his plane and flying it into the Echelon Building 1 in the 9400 block of Research Blvd. The building houses 200 employees of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, including that agency’s criminal investigations division.
The pilot is also presumed dead.
Officials delivered the latest news at a press conference at 4:45 p.m. Thursday.
Stack's family was at home at the time of the fire and were able to escape unharmed. They are not commenting on the incident.
Authorities also found an anti-IRS note on EmbeddedArt.com, a site Stack owns. The note has since been removed. The site’s archive indicates Embedded Art was “a small independent software house, specializing in process control and automation."
The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane, a Piper Cherokee PA28, departed from Georgetown airport, about 20 miles north of Austin at about 9:40 a.m.
The crash occurred about 30 minutes later and ignited a two-alarm fire. TxDOT cameras in the area showed fire and smoke coming from the building.
Fire officials on the scene of the crash were worried the building would collapse as metal beams were reportedly breaking.
Crews on the scene reported still seeing debris fly off the building an hour after the crash, and the fire was still burning on the inside of the building. The debris is believed to be from firefighters breaking glass windows to vent the building.
News 8 crews in the field said debris from the crash hit a Lexus, shattering the car’s windshield. There is no word on injuries to the vehicle occupants.
As of Thursday at 1 p.m., police have reopened the northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 183. The southbound frontage road of 183 was still closed at 5 p.m.
The St. Edwards University Professional Education Center is housed nearby the crash, according to Mischelle Diaz, information officer at St. Edwards University. Everyone was evacuated from the building after the crash.
Initially it was reported the Austin Resident Agency Office of the FBI was housed in the building. However, the FBI’s offices are adjacent to the building.
“It hit the building next door. All FBI personnel are safe. We are helping local police departments and fire to determine what happened. Nothing indicates we were targeted,” Erik Vasys with FBI in San Antonio said.
The plane crash re-opened a wound for Austinites and awakened memories of 9/11. Click here for the story.
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Where is a quote from a fire official they feared the
BUILDING would collapse ?