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Packard Plant
  • dummydummy
    Posts: 243Gold Member
    The Old Packard Plant In Detroit Is On Fire, They Said Theres Big Bundles Of Plastic On Fire And There Big Fire Trucks Cant Get Close Enought, So They Will Let It Burn, Which They Say Will Burn For Days.
  • Richard E.Richard E.
    Posts: 774Platinum Member
    I don't think that it will harm the Packard production, however it is a shame to loose an historic plant.
  • Dave53-7C
    Posts: 2,523Platinum Member
    dummy wrote:
    The Old Packard Plant In Detroit Is On Fire, They Said Theres Big Bundles Of Plastic On Fire And There Big Fire Trucks Cant Get Close Enought, So They Will Let It Burn, Which They Say Will Burn For Days.



    Fire trucks can't get close to forest fires either, but they seem to be able to put them out. If it's a matter of human safety, then let it burn. Personally, I say the city has no interest in saving an abandoned, albeit historic, building.
  • Kevin C.Kevin C.
    Posts: 413Platinum Member
    Well.....there go my plans to buy a 2010 Packard this fall!!!!:mad:



    Kevin
  • Aaron D. IL
    Posts: 1,657Platinum Member
    Supposedly the license to the name keeps getting passed around to ambitious but under-finded industrialists.
  • 39CCl8
    Posts: 51Senior Contributor
    Dave53-7C wrote:
    Fire trucks can't get close to forest fires either, but they seem to be able to put them out. If it's a matter of human safety, then let it burn. Personally, I say the city has no interest in saving an abandoned, albeit historic, building.



    You wouldn't want to put a fire crew within the collapse zone of a large building (1-1/2 times the height) for the safety of the crew and the apparatus ("truck") itself. Rescue would be another story, but no one wants to risk life safety for a building.



    From what I've seen the Detroit Fire Department is one of the best. I'd love to save the plant, but I would not want to see a firefighter lose his/her life to do it.