Our shop is on the 17th Floor and this is what we saw out our window at about 2pm today -- a 3 alarm fire. This was on the rooftop of an industrial building, 15 floors up. Rooftop fires are scary because it's difficult to get the hoses up there to extinguish the flames. The water jets couldn't quite make it, reaching to about the 13th floor. Even so it they managed to bring it under control in about 90 minutes.
We haven't heard the extent of the damage or if there were any injuries. We were grateful that the smoke was not blowing in our direction. Being an industrial area, doubtless there are toxic substances in storage; together with fire, doesn't make for good air.
Well, never a dull moment.