This headline literally blew my mind.

Let's all take a deep breath and just give the irony tag a break for the rest of the day.

How much damage was done? Is that a lot?

Yes. The opposite of fire is cold. You would expect flammable material that was cold to become inflammable, right? Thus the irony of the situation is made plain for all to see.



/c?

Damn it seems to be a standard amount of something.

It depends what you store in them. Hot curries will burst at any temperature.

Paris1127: The people of Worcester, Mass. are already aware of this...

Came to say something like this... already covered, moving on.

Many refrigerants are highly flammable. Unless they are propane. Then they are inflammable.

trappedspirit: Yes. The opposite of fire is cold. You would expect flammable material that was cold to become inflammable, right? Thus the irony of the situation is made plain for all to see.


I love the logic of this statement. I wonder how many people it gets.

Norad: How in the flying fark is this ironic? Fire can't happen in the cold? Is that the joke?

and this is why it should be $10/mo.

newmilpan: trappedspirit: Yes. The opposite of fire is cold. You would expect flammable material that was cold to become inflammable, right? Thus the irony of the situation is made plain for all to see.


I love the logic of this statement. I wonder how many people it gets.

Fingers crossed!

That article made my brain hurt. The cold storage warehouse had an electrical fire, and some valuables were destroyed, but the place had been abandoned for two years?

Anyway, for further irony, search for info about a December 1983 Borden Ice Cream plant explosion in Houston, Texas.

I think the the true irony here exists in the fact that someone in India is using refrigeration.

Rs 25 lakh? Is that, like, 25 bucks, or 25 cents?

Oh, and I might add that, in older installations in the US, and probably newer ones in Third World countries, cork was the preferred method of insulation. In San Bernardino, CA, an historic ice storage building was gutted by fire about 10 years ago and the fire was attributed to transients lighting a fire in the cork-insulated building. The facility, near the train station, dated back to the time when portable refrigeration hadn't yet been invented, and large central plants were used to make ice, which was then loaded into train cars to cool the cargo. Just another example of a once-great and historic city flushing itself, and its history, down the crapper.

destrip: In San Bernardino, CA, an historic ice storage building was gutted by fire about 10 years ago and the fire was attributed to transients lighting a fire transient lunar phenomena in the cork-insulated building.

ftfy

Sticky Bomb!

Seriously, I can't find out how much damage was done. Any Indians on Fark?

Unobtanium: Anyway, for further irony, search for info about a December 1983 Borden Ice Cream plant explosion in Houston, Texas.

...or the marshmallow factory destroyed by the Pepcon explosion.

Hehe, Subby obviously hasn't read "To Build A Fire."

What is .Pepcon?

Pat Benetar tried to warn us of the danger of fire and ice nearly 30 years ago.

Mr. Potatoass: Pat Benetar tried to warn us of the danger of fire and ice nearly 30 years ago.

She also warned of the use of sex as a weapon. And yet Perry Farrell told us that sex is violence. So I believe one of them is trying to 'yellow cake' us.

wallywam1: Norad: How in the flying fark is this ironic? Fire can't happen in the cold? Is that the joke?

It's ironic because a system set up to keep items cold ended up setting them on fire instead.

Exactly, cold and fire are opposites. Polar cap opposites. I think you are getting it.

earthworm2.0: What is .Pepcon?

FriarReb98: Paris1127: The people of Worcester, Mass. are already aware of this...

This. Friend of mine actually drove by it on 290 when it was going on.

Oh my god. Is he okay?

Also:

newmilpan: trappedspirit: Yes. The opposite of fire is cold. You would expect flammable material that was cold to become inflammable, right? Thus the irony of the situation is made plain for all to see.


I love the logic of this statement. I wonder how many people it gets.

Because flammable and inflammable mean exactly the same thing! Of course he meant non-inflammable.

But anyway, this would really only be ironic if fire broke out in, say, a water storage facility.

I knew as soon as I saw the "irony" tag that the irony police would show up. And I was right.