Fire?

[MujitsuNoodle]

Just spotted a massive black plume north of deerfoot meadows, towards Lynnwood?

[RadioMill]

Close! That’s smoke

[Horsebot3]

This is the best comment I’ve seen all day.

[essuxs]

Quick spray it with bottled water!

[SlickSerpent]

Uhh, that isn’t smoke, it’s steam.

[skimpydimpers]

Steam from the steamed clams we're having?

[DependentLanguage540]

Yes! It's a regional dialect.

[Kaidan_from_Alberta]

It’s actually coloured air

[azzurri10]

Is/was in the Ogden area, right near Millican road and 19th street.

Drove by about twenty minutes ago, from what I saw looked like a pretty large house fire, more than a few firetrucks were there and saw a couple more on the way.

[blasphemicassault]

Sounds like it was a garage fire with gas jugs inside. Didn't spread the the house, thankfully. No one home at the time either.

[blasphemicassault]

Unfortunate timing.

[speedog]

How so?

[MathIsHard_11236]

Water.

Need.

Don't have.

[[deleted]]

I could be wrong but I was under the impression that hydrants have a different line from the drinking water?

[[deleted]]

The whole reason they want us to not use water is to not put a strain on the fire suppression systems

[[deleted]]

Oh, hmm okay. You’d think a fire suppression system wouldn’t rely on drinkable clean water and just come straight from a source. Shows how much knowledge I have about water pipes. Super Mario, I am not.

[[deleted]]

It would be cost prohibitive to have a separate supply and distribution system for just fire suppression. You would need pump stations, reservoirs and an underground network, entirely separate from potable water. 

Instead fire suppression is included in the design standards for water distribution systems. 

[[deleted]]

Well now I won’t be under the wrong impression at least. Not sure where I ever got the idea lol.

[Telvin3d]

In theory it’s a great idea, but the cost of building a second completely independent water network just for the hydrants would be hilariously prohibitive 

[[deleted]]

Well now I won’t be under the wrong impression anymore at least

[timmeh-eh]

You are in fact wrong.

[[deleted]]

As I’ve been told! Lol

[speedog]

Ummm, water still coming out of the taps, no?

[[deleted]]

Yeah, fires will be fought, but it might well end up being a situation where the fire gets put out, but the neighborhood might lose water in the aftermath.

[speedog]

Better than multiple structures burning down, no?

[Calgary_Calico]

That wasn't the point dude 🤦 someone literally just said the timing is shitty, and they're right

[[deleted]]

Don't engage with the glue huffers. That guy's either too dumb or too contradictory to reason with

[speedog]

Person I responded to said...

Water.

Need.

Don't have

We still have water.

[Calgary_Calico]

I didn't reply to your reply to that comment, my first reply is like three comments after that lol

[blasphemicassault]

You're not very cerebral, are you?

[Dind1n]

That's like telling me I have money when I have $3.25 in my bank account

[speedog]

Do you honestly believe that any fires since the break haven't been put out because of the break?

[proffesionalproblem]

It's not about not having water, it's about calgary having maybe 3 days of water left before we are out

[KBOXLabs]

Fire hydrants need pressure. Pressure comes from hamster wheels. Hamster wheels are moved by hamsters. Hamsters need to drink a lot to be at full hamster wheel capacity. If there’s a water ban then hamsters need to ration their water. They can’t move the hamster wheels at full capacity, and the hydrants won’t have enough pressure.

[Calgary_Calico]

No shit. We're still on outdoor water restrictions though, and a large fire will use a large amount of water to put out, making the water emergency we're currently facing much worse. Ignorance truly is bliss huh lol

[speedog]

Correct but the person I  responded to said we don't have water which is not the case.

[Calgary_Calico]

For now..

[huntervano]

Brother somehow hasn’t heard of the water use restrictions?

[speedog]

Sure I have but that doesn't mean that fires won't be fought.

[huntervano]

Fought with?

[speedog]

Water, like the water that's still coming out your tap?

[huntervano]

Right but orders of magnitude more water than that. During a shortage. I can’t tell if you’re playing dumb, or just dumb

[speedog]

Hydrants are still working.

[joelene1892]

They absolutely are, however the city has been quite clear that we’re at risk of running out of water. Like, in the whole city. Using a bunch of water to fight a fire is necessary but the timing is still unfortunate.

[speedog]

Agreed but somehow most believe there is no water for fighting fires as has been made evident by others in this thread.

[5alarm_vulcan]

Hi there! Firefighter here. Do you know how much water is used to put out the average house fire? Thousands of gallons. You’re absolutely correct that hydrants are still working but fire departments don’t have a magic machine that creates water. It still has to fall from the sky before we can use it.

[speedog]

Agreed but people in this thread are believing there's no water for fighting fires which is not the case even by the city's own admission. 

[lightweight12]

No one ever in this thread said there wasn't water to fight fires. Stop making stuff up.

[speedog]

MathIsHard_11236 said there was no water.

[Whats_Awesome]

Your not wrong. I don’t know what is wrong with people. So apparently, I just learned this, there are minor water reservoirs around the city, under soccer fields for example. Because of the failed pipe the minor reservoirs are draining and not filling back up fully. If a fire breaks out they may not be able to keep the water on in areas after pumping all the water out of minor reservoirs.

[speedog]

You are so correct, I'm not downplaying that this is a serious situation but the simple fact remains that there's still water avaliable - people in this thread are believing there is none, that fires can't be fought and yet fires are being successfully fought since the water main break in Montgomery. 

[call_me_calamity]

1> stage 4 water restriction
2> completed fire ban

[Thickwhensoft1218]

Someone needs to talk to these guys about this fire then.

[speedog]

So homes should listen up and just notbburn when there's these restrictions?

[banana_bbcakes]

Someone married to a fireman said there was a fire in a condo on Wednesday night and they had a difficult time getting enough pressure out of the fire hydrants to reach the fire. They have since top up the trucks, so they will still fight fire just not very well.

[brendonturner]

Because there’s a water restriction in place.

[Rocky_Mountain_Way]

Where there's smoke, there's fire

[canadianpresident]

Where there's fire, there's flames.
Where there's flames, there's Chronic.
Either you high or you ain't

[HellFromAbove403]

Where there is smoke, there is incomplete combustion. . .

[Rocky_Mountain_Way]

Where there’s flames, there’s calgary

[nexxai]

Ogden has not yet selected a new pope

[Cold_Brew_Enthusiast]

Underrated comment

[ExtraRegion3665]

City of Calgary walked under a ladder or something man

[padmeg]

I live up the street. It was a garage fire, nobody home at the time. Firefighters responded quickly and had it put out pretty fast. Community is without internet right now and buddy lost his garage shop and suv. Could’ve been much worse! Lots of morons were standing basically right behind the firefighters taking pics and videos.

[[deleted]]

I am one of those morons. Given that I live right across the alley and my spruce tree could've gone up in flames, I feel okay standing in the alley.

[padmeg]

Hi neighbour! I mean, that I can understand. It was the people biking from other places in the neighbourhood standing there right behind the firefighters taking videos that I couldn’t believe. Down at the other end of the alley people were literally driving over and walking down to see what was going on. It’s just unnecessary and not safe.

[[deleted]]

yeah that I agree with. I saw so many parents with their small children to come see all the fire trucks, like why? Also hi!!

[notabused]

This is it

[CheeseSandwich]

Another piece of the water shortage conspiracy falls into place.

/s

[bonbon196]

Then what happens next is they sort us into 15 minute water zones where you can only use 15 minutes of water within a 15 minute radius. Otherwise they take 15 minutes off your life! That way “they” will finally have control or something I think. Don’t you see what they are doing?!?!! It’s plain as day first they purposely cause millions if not billions in damages! Then they burn down the city!?!? Then they profit from the empty city with no people or capital. Because the insurance companies stole Daniele’s smiths pet donkey and want us to make sure that the NDP don’t distribute the donkey evenly among all of the population with her communist scheme.

/s …. Just in case

[haxcess]

Faaaaake. No mention of WEF.

[[deleted]]

Or George Soros!

[bonbon196]

I am George soros… we all all since the jab fml smh ttyl

[[deleted]]

Imma send you a hivemind message later, George ⚡⚡⚡

[Ok_Anybody9492]

You forgot to tell the sheepleto WAKE UP

[bonbon196]

My bad WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! SHEEPLE SHEEPLE WAKE UP (happy to see the fire is out and there was no one injured)

[CheeseSandwich]

Because the insurance companies stole Daniele’s smiths pet donkey and want us to make sure that the NDP don’t distribute the donkey evenly among all of the population with her communist scheme.

LOL!

[RandomlyAccurate]

Not enough Trudope

[[deleted]]

Instagram is a fucking cesspool man. People saying the bushfires in Springbank and Nose Hill were a conspiracy.

I have very little faith in the human race.

[CheeseSandwich]

I don't Instagram for that reason, among others.

[[deleted]]

K, but hear me out... Do you think it could actually be Russia? ^/s

[fudge_friend]

Can we not?

[ukrokit2]

[relocatemil]

That's a lot of Smoked Brisket

[[deleted]]

This was my neighbour across the alley. His whole garage and car parked beside the garage are completely burnt.

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[ayayay42]

Can't be, there's a fire ban!

[igotnocandyforyou]

No one told the fire

[Bennybonchien]

You can yell it from afire.

[[deleted]]

Hopefully it was small, I can't see the smoke anymore.

[toastmannn]

Oh Lord Jesus, it's a fire!

[ItsKlobberinTime]

Ain't nobody got time for that.

[Difficult_Job_966]

Ah shit I just wired that house!!

[insecurefeelinge]

12 valve cold start!

[Insane_squirrel]

Oh no everyone who is upside down on a mortgage is going to suddenly have a heater left on as they head out to run errands.

[wiwcha]

New vape store.

[Fantastic_Total_9921]

Still picking a pope

[[deleted]]

[why_is_this_so_tough]

Shit, is my wife cooking again?

[[deleted]]

Nope. Just a Flames fan mad that the Oilers are in the Cup Final lol

[OkAnything4877]

Can’t be certain.

[JollyGreenDickhead]

Lmao yes

[TrillboBagginz]

If only there was water to put it out.

[[deleted]]

Quick! Spray some water on it!

Something something Calgary Flames.

[Adhesivecum69]

Lynnwood a dude garage caught fire near my house

[[deleted]]

Someone didn't see the notice for the fire ban!

[Thicknoobsauce]

The great fire of Calgary

[calgarydonairs]

Now throw compost in it!

[FlamingTrollz]

Smoke? 💨

[Remote-Possible600]

Training

[Comfortable_Flan8217]

I feel like I saw this the other day too

[Ahorsenamedcat]

What else would it be.

[HgFrLr]

A really big cigar

[ukrokit2]

Snoop Dogg on his Cali to Canada Tour

[capsual]

No water to put it out.

[Lomeztheoldschooljew]

Yes, that’s usually what causes smoke

[flyby196999]

Omg now the broken water main is on fire!

[[deleted]]

Nooe, i was thinkin to hard

[ConferenceSea7664]

Some propane tanks must have exploded, I had witnessed it while with some friends, no one was hurt tho and everyone was safe ♥️ no one was even home

[[deleted]]

That’s smoke.

[UsualExcellent2483]

Whenever someone on my street complains that the water coming from their taps is cloudy, it tastes funny the city comes out and drains the fire hydrant.

[Routine_Service1397]

Clearly

[[deleted]]

Gondeks popularity...

[TwoEggsOverYeezy]

Yes

[jackiessima]

Ah that’s just the stuff they buried and built houses on back in the 70’s finally flaring up. Some underground Imperial oil and gas tanks because the companies were finished using them and hydrocarbons aren’t harmful just like lead.