Rome is on Fire - no new Pope (1 Viewer)

[Sinn Fein]

Seeing reports on twitter...not sure the extent of potential damage

 

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https://twitter.com/TEN_GOP/status/870311045595901953?s=09

 

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Have also seen reports that this is actually in Rome and not Vatican City

 

[General Malaise]

Whoa.

 

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#Italy: In #Rome, currently a major fire (near the #Vatican), heavy smoke, big column of smoke rises up into the sky.

 

[rockaction]

Whoa. Let's find out what this is about.  

 

[MarvinTScamper]

yowza, that's a lot of black smoke

 

[Limp Ditka]

Doesn't that mean a new pope?

 

[Swing 51]

Looks like a fire at a wrecking yard.

 

[Thunderlips]

Doesn't that mean a new pope?

Well played....but you're going to hell for that joke. 

 

[Mr. Ected]

Doesn't that mean a new pope?

Black smoke is voting didn't work for new pope, white smoke is a successful election!

 

[Dr Oadi]

Doesn't that mean a new pope?

Damn Im a pos for laughing at that. 

 

[EYLive]

Looks like a fire at a wrecking yard.

Hopefully that's all it is.

 

[El Floppo]

first googly reports are saying fire, not explosion... and in Rome next to VC.

and I came in wanting to drop the smoke joke-  

 

[El Floppo]

whoa

 

[RC94]

I hope nobody is hurt

 

[Mr. Pickles]

The smoke show continues in the Lindsey Vonn thread. 

 

[Dr Oadi]

Nothing on CNN,Fox,msnbc ect ect.  

Youse guys are breaking news!

 

[Dr Oadi]

The smoke show continues in the Lindsey Vonn thread. 

 

[El Floppo]

I hope nobody is hurt

yeah- this first and foremost.

and given the location, scary also to think what kind of history/anitquities might be going up in flames

 

[EYLive]

whoa

Smoke that dark is usually rubber/plastics material, right?

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

"Religion of Peace"

 

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"Religion of Peace"

Settle down beavis. It's just a junkyard fire. 

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Smoke that dark is usually rubber/plastics material, right?

Mostly means lots of compact combustible fuel of any type really. Rubber, petroleum, treated lumber. Duration of burn could pinpoint material. 

 

[Da Guru]

Where there is smoke there is fire..

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Settle down beavis. It's just a junkyard fire. 

I thought this was about Rome not the White House?

Oooooooooooooooooooooh!

 

[Swing 51]

I pope nobody is hurt

FYP

 

[El Floppo]

Local reports indicate the fire is at a nearby car pound, and has "shrouded a building".

from one of those insta-"news" british tabloids. also included a "vatican is on fire" quoted tweet.

 

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I thought this was about Rome not the White House?

Oooooooooooooooooooooh!

oliteapplause:

 

[Quez]

Smoke that dark is usually rubber/plastics material, right?

Jesus Juice

 

[E Street Brat]

 

[shader]

I knew Roma fans would be mad when Salah left for Liverpool but this is over-the-top imo

Edit:  @Kafka

 

[otb_lifer]

Doesn't that mean a new pope?

... or a new Foxy Knoxy verdict

?

 

[El Floppo]

from italian news RAI:

A fire of vast proportions broke out inside a car depot in Via Mattia Battistini, 116 in Rome. A column of black smoke rose up over the entire area west of the capital. On the spot immediately intervened two teams of the Fire Department with tankers and the State Police. It seems to cause the fire and subsequent cloud were some cars that were inside the junkyard. Flames erupted from a car would initially deposited within the demolition center and then are quickly propagated. The heat caused the explosion of glass and pieces of other cars, causing a series of explosions as the cars involved in the fire are over 50. Several explosions from tanks of the vehicles. According to what has been learned by firefighters, the structure was completely destroyed by fire. The fire was limited.

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[Mario Kart]

Ohh we don't need no water, let the moter####er burn. Oh ####, my hat is on fire. 

 

[Eephus]

yeah- this first and foremost.

and given the location, scary also to think what kind of history/anitquities might be going up in flames

Oh the FIATs

 

[kface]

It's amazing in the chase for new news that we are now reporting and chatting about a fire in an random city on the other side of the globe

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

A fire of vast proportions broke out inside a car depot in Via Mattia Battistini, 116 in Rome.

We see this here, old buildings on fire cause massive dark smoke.

 

[El Floppo]

We see this here, old buildings on fire cause massive dark smoke.

I assumed it was the cars making the smoke. either way... yeah- smoke.

btw, here's the google map of where the fire happened.

people tweeting "the vatican is on fire" then leads to "news" agencies picking that up and running with it- if at least temporarily. 

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I assumed it was the cars making the smoke. either way... yeah- smoke.

btw, here's the google map of where the fire happened.

people tweeting "the vatican is on fire" then leads to "news" agencies picking that up and running with it- if at least temporarily. 

Thanks, awesome stuff. I love Rome, best wishes to all from afar.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

It's amazing in the chase for new news that we are now reporting and chatting about a fire in an random city on the other side of the globe

Not exactly a random city.

 

[culdeus]

Titus pulo starting #### again?

 

[El Floppo]

It's amazing in the chase for new news that we are now reporting and chatting about a fire in an random city on the other side of the globe

Not exactly a random city.

first reports were "explosions, fire IN vatican city".

most definitely not a random city.

as it is- a fire in an auto salvage yard 3 miles from vatican city doesn't have quite the same ring.

 

[stbugs]

first reports were "explosions, fire IN vatican city".

most definitely not a random city.

as it is- a fire in an auto salvage yard 3 miles from vatican city doesn't have quite the same ring.

He's right though, in this day and age of instant news, this is a story. Pre-twitter/iPhones, this was just a fire in a junkyard of cars that was large, but contained.The Fake News part of it is just the news agencies trying to get hits/viewers with the sensationalism. Better to take the most headline worthy angle and then pare it down. Always loved the Simpsons episode with Kent Brockman and the storm death toll scrolling bar at the bottom. So true and prescient of where we are now.

 

[El Floppo]

He's right though, in this day and age of instant news, this is a story. Pre-twitter/iPhones, this was just a fire in a junkyard of cars that was large, but contained.The Fake News part of it is just the news agencies trying to get hits/viewers with the sensationalism. Better to take the most headline worthy angle and then pare it down. Always loved the Simpsons episode with Kent Brockman and the storm death toll scrolling bar at the bottom. So true and prescient of where we are now.

I'm tired and gassy and having a hard time processing today... are you advocating to make fake news and then reverse course? vatican city esplodes! ... ooops!- cars in another town. or saying that that's just where we are now and were stuck with it? or that a car fire in rome is news?

 

[ChiefD]

I would expect a fire within the Vatican itself would be extinguished rather quickly considering they use holy water in the sprinkler systems.

 

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I would expect a fire within the Vatican itself would be extinguished rather quickly considering they use holy water in the sprinkler systems.

Plus Gold isn't flammable 

 

[stbugs]

I'm tired and gassy and having a hard time processing today... are you advocating to make fake news and then reverse course? vatican city esplodes! ... ooops!- cars in another town. or saying that that's just where we are now and were stuck with it? or that a car fire in rome is news?

Where we are now and stuck with it. A car fire in Rome isn't news and it's unfortunate that the first headline is explosion in Vatican City. I think the news' approach nowadays is to sensationalize as much as possible and then back down knowing they already got the hits/viewers. I am from Charlotte and read up on the Panthers a lot. Just this morning, something posted something on the ESPN scroller about RB competition at OTAs between Stewart and the rookie (McCaffery). It all stemmed from a reporter asking Stewart a question about it and his response was to stop asking and that the team's only concern was winning the Super Bowl and not about carries. He's shared the backfield before and said he was happy they brought McCaffery in, especially since he's near the end of his career. The funniest part is that due to NFL rules and McCaffery coming from Stanford, he can't be at OTAs until they graduate, so he's not even there. ESPN has so much content to fill that they basically make stuff up all the time. It sucks for most rational thinkers because blurbs like that just get regurgitated and then you get "news" out in the general public that isn't reality.

 

[Dr Oadi]

So no dead no injuries just a junkyard (who knew) fire?

Safe to laugh at pope joke no?

 

[Kafka]

yeah- this first and foremost.

and given the location, scary also to think what kind of history/anitquities might be going up in flames

One kinda did this past Sunday...