FIRE BURNS 3 BUILDINGS AT FLIGHT 93 NATIONAL MEMORIAL (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by pinkorchid , Brisbane , Australia, Sunday, October 05, 2014, 04:16

Hi All,

Fire burns 3 buildings at Flight 93 National Memorial - flag that flew over White House on 9/11 destroyed. The fire began about 3 p.m. and grew to include both the Flight 93 park office and park headquarters, according to a Somerset County emergency dispatcher.

Hmmmmm 3 buildings , where have I heard that before?

Fire burned through an area of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Somerset County, on Friday, destroying three administrative buildings that housed a portion of the memorial's prized artifacts.

The collection, which includes the American flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and that was presented to the park just last month, was kept in fireproof safes, according to National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst. The collection's condition, however, cannot be assessed until investigators are able to enter the memorial site sometime this morning, he said.

The affected buildings served as the park's headquarters and included the superintendent's office on Park Headquarters Road, Mr. Litterst said. A fourth building was damaged but saved, local fire officials said.

Local fire officials will hand off investigation of the fire to a team of National Park Service investigators today, Mr. Litterst said. No estimate has been made yet of the buildings' replacement and repair cost.

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