bobruss Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) Curious, is this on the site that once had a very large apartment complex that literally burned to the ground during a strong north wind that swept embers south on the wooden shingles? It was the fire that was responsible for the creation of several new construction codes for roofs and firewalls in multi family projects. The drainage ditch on the right in some of the pictures made me think of that project. I can't remember how many years ago that occurred but it seems like it was in the 70's or 80's. It's been too long ago to remember exactly. Or maybe I just made it up but it seems like there was a fire in that area. Edited July 29, 2019 by bobruss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 A little follow up. It was 1979 and it was known as the Woodway Square apartment fire and at the time one of the worst fires in Houston's modern times. Here is a link to the channel 13 eyewitness news report. A side note you'll see a very young Ed Brandon, Bob Allen Jan Carso, Dave Ward, and the infamous Marvin (Slime in the Ice Machine) Zindler. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 40 years ago today, July 31 1979.https://www.chron.com/houston/slideshow/The-Woodway-Square-Apartments-fire-of-August-1979-114389.php i have no idea why it says August, must be that fake news from the Comical... lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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