On January 10, there was a five-alarm fire in an apartment building about two blocks from our house. The fire started around 2:30 pm, and even with about 160 firemen there it wasn’t declared under control until about 7:30 pm. The next morning at about 7 am, there were still several fire trucks there. Because it was about 20 degrees, when Kerith and I walked by the next day, pretty much everything around the building (cars, fences, trees, a bike rack) was encased in a thick layer of ice.
Fortunately there were no injuries in the fire, but the building was pretty much destroyed, and 89 families were displaced. The American Red Cross is accepting donations for these families.
This was taken from the window of our house. The vignetting is, unfortunately, the result of using a lens that wasn't designed for my camera...
Very interesting photos. Thanks for posting!
[...] I went back over to the Windermere apartment complex to get some more photos. Back in January, a five-alarm fire destroyed the upper floors of the apartments, and they just started demolishing the buildings a [...]