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The Philco Building
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The fire started between 12:30 and 1:00am
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Pretty soon the whole front was on fire
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You could hear it, it was that loud
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Once it started to go it went very quickly
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As it developed you could see more and more flames around the top and sides
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The roof of the building was gone
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The fire gets more intense as more firefighters show up
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You can see the lower levels beginning to burn
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I could feel the heat from it at this point
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The embers from the fire started little fires on buildings next to mine
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The lower row of windows is now completely on fire
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More and more embers and smoke
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Things kind of settled down as more cracking and popping came from inside
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It burned steadily for a while
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Big flames would leap out from time to time like this one
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Also from the front windows
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I hope no one was inside trying to get out of the cold
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The eastern wall fell around 1:50am
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With the fire now completely exposed to the wind it burned even faster
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And hotter and brighter
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It continues to burn now fully engulfed
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People waiting for news
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"This sucks"
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I tried to get a better view, but all the roads were blocked
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Displaced people
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Soaking the 100 block, the smoke was pretty thick
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Two officers head back toward the Gay St. Viaduct
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After the fire died down I was able to get closer
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The front wall of the building had fallen on one of the ladder trucks
