Fire at the Burning Angel building this morning

apollonia666

Eee!

From Gothamist.com:

Gothamist wrote: Oh damn! The beautiful and strange Broken Angel building in Clinton Hill seems to be on fire! Brooklyn Record has the first shot-- is anyone in the area available to snap a few pictures of the damage? The building is on the corner of Downing and Quincy-- we're not going to be able to bike down there for at least a few hours.

Update: according to the Gothamist Newsmap, it's an all-hands call for the FDNY. Not surprising, given the all wood materials used in the top part of the building. The only question is how the firefighters are going to get in to fight the fire-- the building can't be safe to enter with heavy equipment.

Update: via Gothamist Contribute: "I called in to report the fire when I saw a little flame there at about 1:00. By the time the FD showed up, one of the top towers was pretty much engulfed in flame. They got a ladder truck up and sprayed it down and it's been out for about half an hour now. Photos on flickr momentarily."

Photos at the link above.

boygabriel

that's sad. i hope everyone's alright. i hope the building is largely in tact

shishkab

oh, jeez. this is the place that was featured on "Dave Chapelle's Block Party", isn't it?

kevin_on_putnam

My understanding is that Arthur and his wife live in a trailer in the back of the property, and I also saw him this morning while I was walking in to work (he was looking longingly at a truckload of building material that was being delivered to another building), so I think everyone is ok.

bifteck

They don't even live in the building? Huh, that's strange. I wonder if it's because of structural integrity, or what?

boygabriel

shishkab wrote: oh, jeez. this is the place that was featured on "Dave Chapelle's Block Party", isn't it?

yep.

Chappelle's movie/doc actually has a really interesting interview/tour of the house with the owners

apollonia666

I just noticed my Freudian slip in the title of this thread. BROKEN Angel, not Burning Angel!

soltar

oh no!

http://brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2006/10/an_appeal_from.html

Anyone know anyone who can help the them?