Explosion in Downtown Fort Worth

[Rip76 4,947]

Edited January 8 by Rip76

[Gil Bang 25,999]

that's not good.

[BearMace 2,206]

Yeah that's crazy. Looks like a movie.

[Updawg 2,286]

Damn

[Brisketexan 105,274]

Friend of mine (attorney) offices quite close by -- she heard the explosion and was pretty damned alarmed at the full emergency response.  Cops are using her building as a command center.  Gas explosion, sounds like at least 11 injured so far.  I  presume that was an in-use and occupied hotel?  That's messed up.

[Guest]

In before the tired "my mixtape just dropped" references.

So the initial thought is gas explosion based on that first tweet?

 

[AUS-97HORN 11,814]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

Friend of mine (attorney) offices quite close by -- she heard the explosion and was pretty damned alarmed at the full emergency response.  Cops are using her building as a command center.  Gas explosion, sounds like at least 11 injured so far.  

you weren't by chance visiting next door were you?

[Kavinsky 417]

3 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

you weren't by chance visiting next door were you?

[wild_turkey 3,181]

I  presume that was an in-use and occupied hotel?  That's messed up.

It’s a fairly new (~6 months) hotel owned by Sandman built into a historic building. They have a nice lobby bar and a good sushi restaurant in the basement.

Pictures look awful.

[Newdoc 3,448]

Looks like gas explosion with no large fire evident. I hate that there are casualties. Hope it’s “only” a gas explosion and nothing else.

[Brisketexan 105,274]

4 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

you weren't by chance visiting next door were you?

If this had happened during my morning commute today, in which I may have shredded my car seat due to, ummm, some offgassing issues......then MAYBE.

[Longhornstampede 3,186]

11 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

you weren't by chance visiting next door were you?

Shart thread is that way... 

[Longhornstampede 3,186]

11 injured, but the good news is no one went off to never never land

[Nicole44 22,072]

I just want to say fuck Atmos. Whether it’s their fault or not. How scary. Shit. 

[bolverk 29,708]

Damn. I guess Fort Worth really is exploding.

 

 

 

 

 

(wishing all those affected the best and rapid recovery)

[Chewy's Hairy Horn 868]

Another view. My brother works downtown and sent me this pic shortly after.  

[shadow_operative2.0 16,019]

1 hour ago, Newdoc said:

I hate that there are casualties. 

Did you just make that up, doc? 

 

No casualties reported. 

[Longhornstampede 3,186]

Goddamit Derka!! 

[shadow_operative2.0 16,019]

Incorrect. 

[hookemATL 11,838]

8 minutes ago, Chewy's Hairy Horn said:

Another view. My brother works downtown and sent me this pic shortly after.  

How “shortly after”?  

[InkaUtexas 26,072]

6 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Did you just make that up, doc? 

 

No casualties reported. 

20 reported. Up from 11 which was the first news.

Late Monday afternoon, Trojacek said 26 rooms at the hotel were occupied when the explosion occurred and that the number of people injured in the blast increased from 11 to 21.

MedStar Ambulance's Matt Zavadsky said 20 people were treated at the scene or transported to area hospitals including one critical person, four who were serious, and 14 who were minor. One person walked into JPS on their own after the explosion. There have been no fatalities reported.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/live-coverage-explosion-at-fort-worth-hotel-21-injuries-reported-missing-person-located/3428542/

[shadow_operative2.0 16,019]

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Edited January 9 by shadow_operative2.0
Football time.

[FartingMonk 3,608]

I think derka got fatality and casualty mixed up.  No one died a lot of people got hurt

[shadow_operative2.0 16,019]

Not Derka, fool. 

[Horn80 6,131]

Damn, not good.  Hope everyone is OK.

[shadow_operative2.0 16,019]

[jimmyjazz 46,095]

11 minutes ago, FartingMonk said:

I think derka got fatality and casualty mixed up.  No one died a lot of people got hurt

2.0 isn't Derka.

Derka is OG shadow..

[Newdoc 3,448]

22 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Did you just make that up, doc? 

 

No casualties reported. 

“Casualties” in trauma are any serious injury up to and including death. Sorry for the trauma speak. I realize that casualty in Layman’s terms usually means death.

[cactusflinthead 27,601]

 

[cmontexas 3,275]

Kennedy stayed his last night at the Hilton across the street. The building that exploded was Atmos/XTO until they moved out

[Samson's Wig 3,194]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

2.0 isn't Derka.

Derka is OG shadow..

It's interesting how similar their posting styles are to one another, and they have similar usernames, presumably selected independently.  Twins separated at birth?

[NorthLoop 14,225]

That's how Die Hard with a Vengeance started

[Biff Tannen 45,712]

10 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

That's how Die Hard with a Vengeance started

Is there a gold depository in ft worth?

[Pato del Muerto 52,571]

55 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Is there a gold depository in ft worth?

Not gold, but the treasury dept prints paper money not far away  

https://www.bep.gov/visitor-centers/fort-worth-tx-tour-and-visitor-center