Here we go... They just noticed that these buildings don't have and building codes... Imagine if it was a huge fire...

Big teepee is cement, not steel, earthquake go away, no scare papoose.

How do you like your real estate value now in the " Towering Inferno "...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsRnQQpklPM

I would not want to be in that top floor

"The official affirmed that the 39 floor structure lacks a fire extinguishing system. "

Can you believe that one of the tallest buildings in the DR lacks a fire extinguish system. !!!! Now talk about cutting corners. What are they waiting for?
PEOPLE BURNING JUMPING OFF THE ROOF TOP?

Life in Metrolandia is great even the super rich get screwed!

¿Y No Era Y Que Pa'Lante Que Íbamos?

Did the bomberos arrive on motoconchos with thier water pistols like they did last month in response to a well known restaurant that is now an ash heap in Sosua ? When Rampart 1 arrived at the scene 2 hours later ,The Mayor Cespid said the little engine that couldnt was lost in SANTIAGO getting a tune up .....

How convinient, that a fire broke-out on one of the tallest and newest building in town after that it was determind that 70%(10%) of the buildings in DR was QUAKE proof. It looks like something we NYer's call JEWISH lightning.

JEWISH lightning - When a building mysteriously catches on fire and lightning was to blame without a cloud in the sky ( lol) , the end results is a new building or cash in on the insurance.

dhb,
where you drinking some blue label in the restaurant next door?

Include a parachute with every purchase........

It also shows there is no correlation between wealth and intelligence.

You would think that the most buyers of these over priced apts. in that ugly building are above average educated persons would have asked about fire extinguishing systems and other safety features before they purchased.

A tower of this size should have a sprinkler system

x,

They figured why bother there wouldn't be any water anyway or when there is water there is no electricity to run the municipal pumps!

Either way you are intercoursed!

I really really hope this building can hold up to an 8.0 quake

josean,
they can get the local drunk guys to turn off the blaze with their pee

that's what happen when people are employ because whatever reason but competency they do
sloppy jobs

I hope Banistan can get his deposit back!

We have building codes and rich building inspectors. Hmmmmm?

Future "Leaning Tower Wtihout Pizza of Santo Domingo".

This is laughable, as a building in DR is more likely to experience a serious fire than a strong earthquake. Imagine, if they didn't add fire prevention/protection equipment to cut corners-could they really have designed to be earthquake proof? I think not.

I foresee lots of drug money evaporating after this news. Perhpas they could get ten cents on the dollar.

MJEV.

eugenia1,

The workers are only there to follow the direction of the construction managers and code enforcement is the responsibility of government officials.

And in both the municipal authorities and the state authorities it is the “super modern and qualified” PLD crooks that are in charge!

So lets not dump this on the backs of the day laborers, who get third worldl salaries while the owner/developers make first world profits!

Banistan in the mean time you can use my IKEA card box chateau at the edge of the Ozama!

Just returned from the IKEA store very interesting .....I had salmon and veggies with lovely spuds for 250 pesos tax included .....and believe this store is going to have a huge impact on shopping habits in the DR and will be an asset

Blu,
Did you down that with an ice cold Presidente?

Banistan,


Wrong on the Titanic,

Dewey beats Truman,

the Edsel,

Barry Goldwater,

the Betamax,

a second term for George H. Bush,

ENRON,

John Mc Cain and Sarah Failin,


So I would be very careful about his predictions!

Most prefer a room with a view, nothing like looking DOWN on others, gives them a feeling of ???? .......nothing like a high rise, that is until a good size quake hits and reminds them of what can topple on top of them.

you guys make a big deal out of a small pathetic blaze. i mean wtf?

ateo,
In any real first class city like Chicago, NYC, or any other major city in USA, the building inspectors would have been all over this place. The building would be shut down until it was brought up to code and provides safe living for the tenants...

Small blaze in a building with many people can become a major problem, many people can die even the ones on the upper floors can die from the smoke if they have no way out...

Blutarsky

You live in a wee world of your own.

"you guys make a big deal out of a small pathetic blaze. i mean wtf?'

That’s the same mentality of the guys who built this Death Trap!

This building is built the right way with all its codes, nothign is perfect not even those buildings you mentioned in LA. This fired wasn't caused by construction failure it was mane made , like someone smoking a cigarette or something else.

"This building is built the right way with all its codes,"

"The official affirmed that the 39 floor structure lacks a fire extinguishing system.'"

Does that sound to you like its built the "right way?"

lol josean

ateo... a few questions for you
Did you build this building?
Where you present 24/7 to view the shady construction workers?
Where you present when they submitted plans for permit approvals?

You have nothing to back your words up... This building might look nice from the outside, but how are you so sure that "this building was built the right way"?

High rises should always have the highest building codes because when something fails, many can die.

I bet this building is open for business already. In USA they would shut it down and not let anyone in or out until saftey repairs have been made by a pro contractor

x,

Ateo drives a PINTO on FIRESTONE TIRES with an adapted Toyota Gas Pedal and wears no seat belts, so he's a man who doesn’t worry about risks!

AS JOSEAN SAID......... NO CORRELATION BETWEEN WEALTH AND INTELLIGENCE
use to think when i was one young man growing up and i saw a guy in a big fancy car that he was one business man or something and must be very intelligent..... man did i LEARN FAST. that was not the case. and it was far from it. in the least..

i think most of the condos if not all where bought with drug money or from people that work inside the government. in santo domingo. i been talking for one year about problems in the high rise buldings or in fact any building in the dr., but lets stay with santo domingo lets say they had a real fire dept where are they going to get the water from? and when the fire trucks are rushing to one fire is any of the cars in front of them going to get out of the way like in the states?... with all the traffic in santo domingo the new york fire dept could not reach the building on fire in time with help for any one inside.

39 floor structure lacks a fire extinguishing system. , NO SH--------T..... what else is new?

lol.
ateo drives a pinto that runs on a propane tank that was made for a jipeta in the trunk.

ateo, don't go shopping en la calle del sol in Santiago... they will hussle you out of all of your money. You believe everything. I can sell you some mamajuana filled with river water, you would say... wow esta mamajuana esta jevi!

xwill, how about the positive side of this, where there any injuries or deaths?, NO, where there any mayor damages to most parts of the structure?, NO, was it prevented at the right time and right moment?, I think SO.

u think toyota is telling the truth?.... it seems they keep changing their song.
well i guess the car dealers will be in the states buying up 1,000 of them in the next few weeks cheap so they can sell them in the dr.
as they buy and sell cars that are totaled in the states and can not be sold in the states but they are good enough for the dr
u think dealers in the dr care about your safety?or do they care about making big dollars off peoples lives?., guess they care as much as the folks that build the condos in the dr... the inspectors, code enforcers.ect!... well enjoy your ride home in your toyota to your fancy condo in santo domingo.

AS ATEO 2010 SAID..
Written by: ateo2010, 23 Feb 2010 6:28 PM
From: Dominican Republic
xwill, how about the positive side of this, where there any injuries or deaths?, NO, where there any mayor damages to most parts of the structure?, NO, was it prevented at the right time and right moment?, I think SO

POSITIVE ABOUT WHAT?.. ARE YOU MAKING ONE JOKE WITH THIS STATEMENT?...
GUESS U LIKE TO GAMBLE DONT U?.... if their is one real fire next time u just tell the people in the uper floors to be POSTIVE..... lol.
this site is great for one laugh.

uneducated and illiterate.

ateo,
the only bright side is that there might be a small chance that the building management might install some type of fire system

lol danny. I have seen crashed cars shipped with the rest of the cars from USA. Your next car in DR might be full of bondo

used to live in pop was at the port or near it many times in the week.... saw so many wrecks coming off the ships. each week. u know what they do with them dont u?

torre caney, ikea,juan marichal stadium and the metro from santo domingo to santiago ; yeah, e' palante que vamos!

total wrecks and i mean total.

they say they can fix frame damage... really?..
like to see this., cars with frame damage cant be sold in the states. why?
but no problem with dominican lives is their?

many of those cars dont have the airbags anymore. Its big money though, any crashed old corrolla can be fixed and sold for 250,000 pesos just because it came from USA

Jayson Williams gets 5 years in fatal NJ shooting,
can this ever happen in the dr?.., big mane sports star gets 5 years or any time in the dr?

air conditioning controls and propane gas pipes on the 38th floor. ..... does this not sound good? Propane???? Have you seen what a propane blast does to a 4000 square foot house?

Amazing.....

Do we know if this is an apartment building? What if some one fall asleep while smoking?
How the hell are you going to put out a fire on a highrise building like that??

I don't understand how at the cost that these appartments are sold, they cannot put fire extinguishers and other safety measures in it. These are premier class appartments that cost a lot of money. Security of the structure should be guaranteed. I hope future owners get their money's worth...

LOL........
What the idea of a parachute's out....All right all right, how about a bungee cord.

Even our firefighters don't have the training and equipment to handle these big structures, all they have is a garden hose and a pickup truck with a 10 foot ladder.
Do you think they can handle it?

puntacanamike
you are correct. propane would never be allowed in the upper floors of a skyscraper in USA

" torre caney, ikea,juan marichal stadium and the metro from santo domingo to santiago ; yeah, e' palante que vamos!"

This simpleton mentality is why we are in reverse as other countries move forward!

No poop Sherlock !

Maybe the bomberos arrived on mules instead of motoconchos as this would be a great and significant sign of progress in the D.R..

DHB,
What floor where you sipping some rum in?? You didn't invite us to the party

Make that a large sofa at the foot of the building for me.

hey josean when i say sloppy job i talk about the bigger fishes i know that the lite people have nothing to do with that they are the one giving the job by connections and other reasons

x,
stop playing with matches !

DHB,
the friction that a Dominicana can cause in bed can start a fire...lol

And burn a hole right through your wallet ....