Boone is Burning

**Mr Janny** · 02-03-2009, 11:03 AM

Anyone else hear about this? Sounds like it is pretty serious. And the 0 degree temperatures did not help any. The wife of one of my co-workers owns a business in this area. He has been out all morning making sure the flames do not spread to their shop.

Fire Roars Through Downtown Boone Buildings - Des Moines News Story - KCCI Des Moines

**Palmer** · 02-03-2009, 11:33 AM

holy cow..that is not good.

**CyGal** · 02-03-2009, 11:42 AM

The article says it started in one of the apartments - judging from past experience, I'm suprised it didn't start in the kitchen of the restaurant.

**jaretac** · 02-03-2009, 11:46 AM

We had a structure fire one time when it was this cold out. I took off my gloves for a minute and they completely froze, I had to find a new pair of gloves. It's one of those experiences that every firefighter should experience at sometime, but no one wants to experience it more then once.

**cyclone111** · 02-03-2009, 11:47 AM

Pictures are on kwbg.com

**NobodyBeatsCy** · 02-03-2009, 11:50 AM

I was a student at ISU when the FIJI fraternity house burned down in sub-zero temps. After it was all over, it looked like an ice castle from all the water they poured into it

**iowast_nate** · 02-03-2009, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by NobodyBeatsCy

I was a student at ISU when the FIJI fraternity house burned down in sub-zero temps. After it was all over, it looked like an ice castle from all the water they poured into it

I believe a photo of that made its way to Time Magazine...

**NobodyBeatsCy** · 02-03-2009, 12:06 PM

Here is one pic from the day after:

**NobodyBeatsCy** · 02-03-2009, 12:08 PM

Here is another

**rworkman83** · 02-03-2009, 12:10 PM

This is crazy. My parents used to own a business on that same block, same side of the street just 4 doors down...

**Palmer** · 02-03-2009, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by NobodyBeatsCy

Here is another

What year did that occur? I assume early 80's?

**NobodyBeatsCy** · 02-03-2009, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by Palmer

What year did that occur? I assume early 80's?

The date stamp that the photo processor put on the print was March 1982 - so I think it was that Christmas break - Jan 82

**TykeClone** · 02-03-2009, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by jaretac

We had a structure fire one time when it was this cold out. I took off my gloves for a minute and they completely froze, I had to find a new pair of gloves. It's one of those experiences that every firefighter should experience at sometime, but no one wants to experience it more then once.

We had a small fire at the local care center this winter one night when it was -25. Thankfully it was confined as far away from the residents as possible, but I was pretty well encased in ice in short order.

One of the difficulties in that fire when it was that cold is that there was zero visibility - the cold air hitting the warm, humid air of the care center filled everything with a thick fog. That and if you were outside, water and steam flash-froze to your visor.

**Ms3r4ISU** · 02-03-2009, 05:56 PM

Same URL as in original post (Body Found Inside Burned Boone Building - Des Moines News Story - KCCI Des Moines) now goes to updated story saying one body was found in the burned building.