Historic Springfield FIRES list of addresses and outcomes

[iloveionia]

This is just off the top of my head, all within the last year and a half:
(please feel free to add addresses or remind me and I'll dig for the address.)

445 E. 7th Street (subsequently demolished)
447 E. 7th Street (subsequently demolished)
451 E. 7th Street (subsequently demolished)
455 E. 7th Street (subsequently demolished)
1721 Ionia (subsequently demolished)
1715 Ionia (this was set to fire twice, on the second time it was demolished, this was tenant occupied)
1716 Ionia (still stands, damage repaired, people live there)
1634 Ionia (still stands, the city boarded it)
1630 Ionia (subsequently demolished)
1626 Ionia (still stands, damage minor)
1340 Ionia (subsequently demolished)
453 E. 3rd Street (owner occupied, still stands, exterior damage only, damage repaired)
242 W. 8th Street (subsequently demolished, but the fire ravaged near all of it, so there wasn't much to demo)
100 or 200 block of E. 1st Street (still stands, damage not fatal)
205 W. 3rd Street/Job Corps Building (currently being demolished)


FYI, 3/4 fires on 7th and/or Ionia where the house was demoed are owned by the same individual.

[Lunican]

West 9th Street. August 4th, 2006. Demolished.

[iloveionia]

^the blocks, the columns, the rails, all gorgeous. 

ADD:
1800 Block of Liberty, odd side.  (owner restoring, damage minor, still standing.)

[danno]

There was one on 8th right next door to the one listed that went up on a Saturday night a couple of years ago, though I can't remember when.

[Lunican]

March 30th, 2010. 8th Street.

[Lunican]

1946? N Market Street, Oct 2005. Restored.

[Noone]

Just saw the news and the wrecking ball. Is this structure coming down before the Fire Marshalls can conduct an investigation?

Just looking at the house in the pic. Look at the entire second floor thats visible and I would think that if an accelerant was used that there would be a pattern of consistancy throughout the structure. Just speculation but would there be a pattern throughout the shell that may show if its arson but now it has been transformed into a pile of rubble in less than 24 hours.  Just trying to understand the process.

[Lunican]

1715 Ionia

[Lunican]

3rd and Market, 2007

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1156018486?videoId=1361619919&playerId=1156018486&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&

[Lunican]

Springfield Deuce has some feature fires on their website that list the location and years. Unfortunately the website they chose to host their videos is no longer online.

http://springfielddeuce.com/id5.html

[iloveionia]

It's the castle house. Address is west third.

[Miss Fixit]

Here's another:  115 East 3rd, burned in 2009, placed on the "formal track" that June, still standing - although it probably shouldn't be - it is in FAR worse condition than most of the houses that have been demolished in Springfield during the past 18 months.

[Overstreet]

March 30th, 2010. 8th Street.

The interesting thing here is the progress of the fire and no visible fire trucks in the frame.  Must have been a fast burner. Accelerant could be the culprit, but these really old houses were built with old growth heart pine. Lots a sap in heart pine. Think fat lighter. They carry their own accelerant internally.

[saabtroll]

I make maps for a living, so I thought I would try to help visualize the Springfield fires.  I took the fires mentioned in this post and created a table and map using Google fusion tables.  If someone at Metro Jacksonville is interested, they could take over this project and manage the fires data.  

Fusion tables are really easy to use.  This technology can be used to map just about anything...another interesting project might be mapping demolished homes in Springfield.

links:
http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?snapid=S183971reSZ (Map)
http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?snapid=S183972tGt1 (Table)

http://img219.imageshack.us/i/springfieldfire.jpg/

[danno]

March 30th, 2010. 8th Street.

The interesting thing here is the progress of the fire and no visible fire trucks in the frame.  Must have been a fast burner. Accelerant could be the culprit, but these really old houses were built with old growth heart pine. Lots a sap in heart pine. Think fat lighter. They carry their own accelerant internally.

This house was pretty much gutted before the fire.  You sould see daylight through the siding.  I think that heled the acceleration quite a bit as well.