From rlindqvist@demon.co.uk Mon Jan 24 19:16:09 1994
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From: rlindqvist@demon.co.uk (Rodrigo Lindqvist)
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Subject: [INFO] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts.

The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks.
The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior.

Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever.

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=== Rodrigo Lindqvist ===
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"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."

From nito@pacbell.net Wed Jan 26 16:56:09 1994
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From: nito@pacbell.net (Natalia Ito)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1994Jan24.191609.6089@demon.co.uk>, rlindqvist@demon.co.uk (Rodrigo Lindqvist) writes:
> The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts.

The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire.

My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

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Natalia Ito -- Pacific Bell Internet Services
"Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."

From nwatanabe@berkeley.edu Thu Jan 27 08:34:09 1994
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From: nwatanabe@berkeley.edu (Nadine Watanabe)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 08:34:09 GMT
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In article <1994Jan26.165609.2857@pacbell.net>, nito@pacbell.net (Natalia Ito) writes:
> The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire.
> My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

My uncle worked in commercial real estate in Westwood. He said Federal Marshals sealed the 14th floor and basement of Orion Tower for three weeks after the fire.

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Nadine Watanabe
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS.
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