IRS Building Fire
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 12:13 pm
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/116821649-story
Note that the building had already been closed for the day when the fire broke out because of air conditioning issues. (I was wondering why there were few employees standing outside when the fire trucks arrived.)
The main IRS building has had its issues over the years. It partly rests on wooden piers driven into the marshy land around the old Tiber Creek. Ten years ago the building was closed for several months when the basement flooded. There was a related problem because the piers were slowly sinking into the ooze.
The IRS building at New Carrollton MD was constructed on the premise that everyone would leave the dilapidated building in downtown DC. When it got down to it, no one really wanted to be that far away from DC and several thousand people still work downtown.
Note that the building had already been closed for the day when the fire broke out because of air conditioning issues. (I was wondering why there were few employees standing outside when the fire trucks arrived.)
The main IRS building has had its issues over the years. It partly rests on wooden piers driven into the marshy land around the old Tiber Creek. Ten years ago the building was closed for several months when the basement flooded. There was a related problem because the piers were slowly sinking into the ooze.
The IRS building at New Carrollton MD was constructed on the premise that everyone would leave the dilapidated building in downtown DC. When it got down to it, no one really wanted to be that far away from DC and several thousand people still work downtown.