[minka1]

Originally Posted by zarzar32 ↗

she didn't have to jump. the balcony was clear of smoke. she could have stayed on the balcony, lay low and waited another 5-10 mins

I imagine it had to do with the intense heat radiating from that roaring fire. As well as that black smoke.

I mean fuck. There was one time I (lapse of thinking), boiled oil. It created this heavy black smoke that I could not breathe or keep my eyes open because it was making my throat nose and eyes sting so badly. I was terrified, there wasn’t a fire, I think I was able to turn the stove top off, but the smoke was so scary. I called 911 and waited outside the house. Where there was no scary stinging black smoke!!!!!

I can’t fault this poor woman or anyone in this situation for not being able to hang on.

Terrible. This is another death case where...it shouldn’t happen! The fire department should be equipped to be able to rescue people in such predicaments! How you build skyscraper apartment buildings and not have any sort of plan on how to save people when fire breaks out?

[Spiffyfable]

Wouldn't it have been Fucking Awesome if she would have landed in the bucket

[Overlord86]

Originally Posted by rhubarb_king ↗

Though I do wonder how much heat is radiated from house fires like that.

That fire is carrying the mail. That entire patio had to be extremely hot from the radiant heat. Her body would have been blocked from most of the heat, but not her hands.

The fire department is already there. There are some foreign trucks that are more like an elevator than an American ladder or tower rig. The foreign bucket moves up and down on the ladder. On American tower ladders, the bucket is fixed to the end of the ladder, and is moved by raising and lowering the ladder.

Those foreign rigs with the elevator bucket are not well designed. I've seen lots of videos where they fail, which is an extremely uncommon problem in the U.S. You are getting really close to being too high for a truck to extend high enough around the 7th or 8th floor. Even if you have a 75 foot ladder, you have to subtract the climbing angle as well as how far back from a building it is set. The highest ladder is the Bronto Skylift at like 160 feet, but beside that, the next is a 120 foot ladder. So if you are staying in a hotel, you want 6th floor or lower to be on the safe side.
That apartment looks like there are tires burning in it. There kinda are. With TVs to furniture now made mostly with petroleum products (plastics, artificial fibers, etc), we will see a dramatic spike in fire deaths because the fires get hotter and grow much fast as opposed to the 1970s and before when furniture and other household goods were made with real wood. A normal bedroom would flash over in seven minutes or so, now it is a minute or less.

[TheUrinator]

Originally Posted by zarzar32 ↗

she didn't have to jump. the balcony was clear of smoke. she could have stayed on the balcony, lay low and waited another 5-10 mins

I’m betting the heat on that balcony was intense. That smoke is not just ash particles, it’s very hot combustion gasses. The ceiling in building would prevent much of the heat and gas from rising, therefore forcing heated gas and air horizontally in all directions.

[daveywavey10]

Originally Posted by zarzar32 ↗

she didn't have to jump. the balcony was clear of smoke. she could have stayed on the balcony, lay low and waited another 5-10 mins

She’s a woman so logic does not apply