Originally Posted by lawleypop

How come the ground looks like it's caving in?

Wouldn't a fire have to be HUGE/extremely hot to start burning away like.. cement?

Nah, the arts quad is just really uneven

Originally Posted by lawleypop

How come the ground looks like it's caving in?

Wouldn't a fire have to be HUGE/extremely hot to start burning away like.. cement?

I don't think that the cement was being burned, it was the styrofoam support under the cememnt that got burned.

so just wondering if anyone knows what will be happening with classes in KTH?

damn.... well its about time for some renovations.

Yeah, what's going on with classes there? Anyone know?
I have class in the basement there tomorrow morning...

If you don't hear anything before hand, then go like normal.

Last year that happened to me, and my class had TA's standing at the doors waiting for us to show up so they could tell us class was cancelled.

wow.. i didnt even notice.. i wrote my chem test friday evening in the basement of kth and saw no signs of a fire (unless i was just way too nervous to notice)

anyy updates on the fire?

Originally Posted by marieeeeeee

I remember there was a fire in KTH last year a few weeks after the Brandon fire...that wasn't fun. :\

not fun!? pfft whats not fun about wearing masks to retrieve your clothing and being handed garbage bags to carry down 9 ( in my case )flights of stairs.

.. fail

Originally Posted by tee33

not fun!? pfft whats not fun about wearing masks to retrieve your clothing and being handed garbage bags to carry down 9 ( in my case )flights of stairs.

.. fail

Hey, I lived in Brandon last year too! Makes for an interesting topic of conversation but I certainly don't want to relive the entire thing. :|

Hi everyone. I'm Gord Arbeau Associate Director of Public Relations at McMaster. Wanted to provide some clarifying information about the very small fire in the outdoor arts quad area near the north tower of KTH last Friday.

That walkway area of the quad consists of elevated flagstones that are raised off the ground to allow for drainage. Last Friday was a windy day and it appears a cigarette butt blew under the flagstones briefly igniting a small piece of weatherproofing material . The small fire was quickly extinguished by McMaster security personnely using handheld fire extinguishers. Hamilton Fire services also attended to confirm the fire had been extinguished . There was no significant damage to any of the buildings (interior or exterior) and occupants were allowed to re-enter the buildings in fairly short order.

Hope this is helpful

Gord Arbeau
Associate Director Public Relations
McMaster University

Originally Posted by arbeaug

Hi everyone. I'm Gord Arbeau Associate Director of Public Relations at McMaster. Wanted to provide some clarifying information about the very small fire in the outdoor arts quad area near the north tower of KTH last Friday.

Thanks for clarifying, but why wasn't this posted in mcmaster daily news and/or why don't you have a more appropriate title at macinsiders (only 2 posts)?. You may contact Chad (MacInsiders admin) to have a tag under your username.

An office in the nuclear research building caught on fire last year too. The entire room had to be re-done.

Originally Posted by kevinf

Thanks for clarifying, but why wasn't this posted in mcmaster daily news and/or why don't you have a more appropriate title at macinsiders (only 2 posts)?. You may contact Chad (MacInsiders admin) to have a tag under your username.

I'm curious why it wasn't on the Daily News as well.

I understand that it was a small fire, but it was still a fire. I think that's important enough to be on the Daily News - especially since the Youtube video makes it look much worse than it sounds!