Madrid's landmark Windsor office tower was gutted by fire the night of Feb. 12, and much of downtown Madrid remains closed off by authorities. The fire (apparently caused by a short-circuit) resulted in only seven injuries, none serious--but several of the building's top floors have collapsed, and it is feared the entire 30-story tower could implode unless it is quickly demolished. (EITB24 [2], Spain, Feb. 14)
There is nothing to indicate that the Windsor tower suffered from anything apporaching the notoriously fragile, unorthodox construction [3] practices at New York's late World Trade Center. Yet this development will presumably do nothing to slow the relentless carping [4] of the conspiranoiacs that fires never cause steel buildings to collapse, and that the implosion of the Twin Towers is evidence of explosives secretly planted in the buildings.
I await your hate mail, conspiranoiacs.
