Fire at Apple Computer
The speed of IRC trumps ... most: Fire in Valley Green Six (raw video from KPIX), which is a two-story building along Valley Green Drive in Cupertino, just the other side of De Anza Boulevard from the Apple R&D complex. While I was at Apple from 1988 to 1997, I worked in both Valley Green Two and Three, across the street from VG6, which is between ( Read more... )
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Apparently, one wing (east side) got only smoke damage.
The other wing (west side) got water damage too. (Sprinklers and firetrucks.)
There were workers on the roof welding at around 6:30 pm; the
fire was discovered around 10pm. Perhaps a spark got away.
(New chillers had been lifted onto the roof last weekend.)
The ~460 folks on the east side may be able to get back in and work
as early as Monday. The ~430 folks on the west side will likely get
moved to other buildings for a few weeks/months.
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