Madrid block burns 'like a candle'

A Madrid block burns 'like a candle' while spectators watched from the street, many snapping pictures with their camera phones. This is all over the news this morning, but it was drawn to my attention by my friend Anil de Mello who was in Madrid. He flies in to Geneva this afternoon, so I may have more later on citizen reporters.

"A landmark office building in downtown Madrid, the Windsor Tower, which was undergoing renovations, was engulfed in flames early Sunday and flaming chunks of debris fell to the street as harried firefighters tried to keep the structure from collapsing.

Authorities said there was no reason to believe the fire was an act of terrorism". [via CNN]

emily | 11:45 AM | Citizens as Camera Phone Reporters |
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