 
Detroitnerd
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Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 1071
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 1:53 pm: |    |
I was in downtown Hamtramck today and saw a plume of black smoke rising in the north. Went up about 1,000 feet or so into the sky. At first I thought the old hospital on Carpenter was on fire, but I thought it may be farther north, perhaps in the Conant Gardens area. |
Scs100
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Username: Scs100
Post Number: 1174
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 1:55 pm: | |
Not sure about this but there was an apartment fire at 6 Mile and Goddard earlier. That might be it, but I could be completely off. |
Bigjeff
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Username: Bigjeff
Post Number: 84
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 2:02 pm: | |
I could see the plume of smoke from 10 1/2 mile and Van Dyke. When looking south towards downtown it looked like the 6 and Mound area. Not real sure of the location. |
Dougw
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Username: Dougw
Post Number: 1761
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 2:04 pm: | |
6 Mile & Goddard sounds right. It was basically straight ahead as I turned north on Chene.
I could see it from the Indian Village area and also Dearborn, around 10am.
(Message edited by Dougw on June 22, 2007) |
Detroitnerd
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Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 1072
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 2:14 pm: | |
6 Mile and Goddard. We have a winner. Photo?
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Harsensis
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Username: Harsensis
Post Number: 309
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 2:48 pm: | |
Channel 4 had a report about it on their website. It was a auto junk yard that had a fire. A few of the cars were fully involved. It was a McNichols and Goddard. |
Detroitnerd
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Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 1074
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 2:51 pm: | |
Thanks, Harsensis. I guess we can pass on the photos of the burned junk yard. |
Frumoasa
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Username: Frumoasa
Post Number: 28
Registered: 03-2007
| | Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 9:39 am: | |
DetroitNerd: Thankfully it was not the hospital on fire, I live a block from there. Although it has been severely damaged by scrappers, it has been purchased by an investment firm. There are no plans on what to do with it so far, but it did change ownership within the last few months. The former hospital laundry facility (white brick building on the corner of JC and Carpenter) has had water pouring out of a 1 1/2 inch service for weeks, daily calls to the water department do not help. Although I would like to see something productive go into those buildings...I would be happy just to see them just well secured and safe. But one thing I would not want is to see them burned, so I'm thankful it wasn't the hospital! |