Time Lapse of Burning Building - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

04/04/2009 11:30:38 AM · #1

Lancaster Fire Department Burning of abandoned Motel rooms

The photo's I posted in a previous thread are from the sister building that we burned two weeks ago. Today we torched this one and I set up my camera to take time lapse shots (every 10 seconds). The linked video shows ~40 minutes worth of shots.

I'm the tall bald one you see at one time.

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Canon PowerShot S95

04/04/2009 11:35:06 AM · #2

Too cool, thanks for sharing..

zeuszen

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

04/04/2009 11:38:46 AM · #3

Originally posted by alans_world:

Too cool, thanks for sharing..

Hot is more like it.

KarenNfld

04/04/2009 12:04:29 PM · #4

Cool, I linked it on my Twitter.

Google Glass Google Glass

04/04/2009 12:57:01 PM · #5

It was REALLY hot.

We had to cut one of the trees down on the left because the radiant heat started it on fire. We also had to hose down a neighboring building and one of our fire trucks. At the height of the fire where my camera was located was hot too. My daughter thought it was both too hot and too bright. As you can tell in the movie it went a lot faster than we expected. We hadn't finished laying the hose before fire was billowing out everywhere.

It's still burning now, but we're no longer there. They were throwing more brush and other stuff on it when we left. No point in us sitting there all day when the owners can for us. *grin*

ambaker

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

04/04/2009 02:02:38 PM · #6

Was an accelerant used to spread the fire inside the building, or did it just go up that quick? It seemed to spread really, really, fast?

Impressive!

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED

04/04/2009 02:07:39 PM · #7

Yes, we had poured about a cup of gasoline in each section (maybe two cups in the one on the far right of the frame.

jbsmithana

Nikon D300

04/04/2009 04:24:23 PM · #8

So I have been to lots of FD practice burns in my life but could not for the life of me see what practice you all got out of this one. What gives?

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

04/04/2009 04:36:34 PM · #9

It's amazing....how it would have taken them, probably a few months to build the dwelling...and in 40 minutes...it's all gone. Just makes you realise how quick it does and can happen.

aliqui

Nikon D300s

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

04/04/2009 04:36:51 PM · #10

Originally posted by jbsmithana:

So I have been to lots of FD practice burns in my life but could not for the life of me see what practice you all got out of this one. What gives?

Fire! huh, huh... fire!