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| Fire destroys Texas governor's mansion |
| 2008-06-08 |
| AUSTIN, Texas - Texas state officials say a four-alarm fire has caused "catastrophic" damage to the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin. Governor's spokesman Robert Black says said no one was inside the 150-year-old home when the fire began shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday. He says the cause is not yet known. The mansion had been undergoing a $10 million renovation and Gov. Rick Perry and his wife had moved out last fall. Black says the damage to the mansion "is extraordinary, bordering on catastrophic." He says more than 100 firefighters are at the scene and the roof of the mansion is very unstable. Just damn. This is a great old house, used by every governor since Sam Houston (take your hat off when you read that, please). It is not the governor's house, it is MY house, and every other Texas citizen's. Governor Rick Perry (aka "GoodHair" and the "John Edwards of the Republican Party") was only a temporary tenant. He moved out last fall so the place could be refurbished, a process which will obviously take on a new dimension now. |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #7 Bush's former home burns Ummm, put that way, it opens up a whole 'Nother set of suspects. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-06-08 22:28 |
| #6 Dang injuns. Thought we got em all. |
| Posted by: General Custer 2008-06-08 21:38 |
| #5 Muckeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty 2008-06-08 20:14 |
| #4 Currently, on the msnbc headline on the msn homepage, it's still George's problem: Bush's former home burns Incredible |
| Posted by: Muggsy Gling 2008-06-08 19:39 |
| #3 AP news on Yahoo: "Arson is suspected in a fire that swept through the historic Texas governor's mansion early Sunday, leaving much of the 152-year-old building charred and severely damaged, the state fire marshal said." "We have some evidence that indicates that we do have an intentionally set fire," said state Fire Marshal Paul Maldonado. "So we believe that we may be looking at a criminal act here." Calling it a "devastating loss to the state of Texas," Maldonado did not provide details on how the fire may have been set or whether authorities had a suspect. Security cameras are set up around the mansion, which sits downtown on a lot the size of a city block, and investigators were interviewing people who were nearby and might have noticed suspicious activity. "We're going to come get the person that's responsible for causing this damage," Maldonado said. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-06-08 18:17 |
| #2 Sheehan |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-06-08 17:25 |
| #1 Sounds like the fire at the Cabildo here in New Orleans a few years ago - renovation seems to be the biggest fire hazard to these old structures. Or even new ones - fire on the roof at a local shopping center seems related to removal of an old AC unit. Not sure what the solution is, but we (society) need to work on it - conduct the pre-job safety training in Spanish maybe (and for once I don't mean it in a snarky way)? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-06-08 10:00 |