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In reply to the discussion: Explosions Before The Collapse of WTC 7 [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)fire.
The building was hybrid concrete/steel The floors below the 2nd Technical Floor are all concrete and survive the fire. Above the 2nd Technical Floor, the building was framed in steel with a concrete core, because steel allows for smaller support columns and expansive views for conference rooms and expensive penthouses.
The fire started from a small electrical fire, and spread, and 2 hours in, the steel areas of the building were collapsing and raining down into the street like molten butter. After the fire, all that remained was a few beams here and there, bent and sheared off by the heat, and the concrete.
And that's from a conventional fire that spread from a single ignition source, with no airliner impact and fuel to spread the fire all over the place.