Three-Alarm fire scorches key building on Apple campus
A three-alarm fire burned for more than three hours late Tuesday night at Apple's Cupertino headquarters before firefighters were able to fully extinguish the blaze.
The Santa Clara County Fire Department said it received reports of smoke billowing out of 20605 Valley Green Drive at around 10:00 p.m. More than 60 firefighters arrived on the scene (video), including those from neighboring San Jose Fire Department.
The building, also known as Valley Green Six, was at one time believed to house a number of hardware-based research and development projects. However, it's now said that the building is used strictly as an IT data center.
Hal Rooney, deputy chief for Santa Clara County Fire, said the fire may have started under an air conditioning unit on the second floor. Local television station KNTV reported that maintenance crews had been working on the air conditioning systems in the building earlier in the day.
The fire is believed to have scorched the roof and parts of the second floor before it was fully contained and extinguished at around 12:30 a.m. early Wednesday moring. A Santa Clara County Fire Department dispatcher later told the AP that although the fire was not very big, "there is going to be a lot of smoke damage."
No one was injured during the incident.
Firefighters arrive on the scene at Apple's Cupertino campus | Photo credit: Jessica Spacekat
The Santa Clara County Fire Department said it received reports of smoke billowing out of 20605 Valley Green Drive at around 10:00 p.m. More than 60 firefighters arrived on the scene (video), including those from neighboring San Jose Fire Department.
The building, also known as Valley Green Six, was at one time believed to house a number of hardware-based research and development projects. However, it's now said that the building is used strictly as an IT data center.
Hal Rooney, deputy chief for Santa Clara County Fire, said the fire may have started under an air conditioning unit on the second floor. Local television station KNTV reported that maintenance crews had been working on the air conditioning systems in the building earlier in the day.
The fire is believed to have scorched the roof and parts of the second floor before it was fully contained and extinguished at around 12:30 a.m. early Wednesday moring. A Santa Clara County Fire Department dispatcher later told the AP that although the fire was not very big, "there is going to be a lot of smoke damage."
No one was injured during the incident.
Firefighters arrive on the scene at Apple's Cupertino campus | Photo credit: Jessica Spacekat
Comments
So did any firefighters get a peek at future Apple products
I'm sure the "spy shots" will start arriving within the hour =P
Best,
K
please OMG did they save the research????
I can't even contemplate the thought of some super uber cool Apple gadget prototype and research data being lost forever because of the fire.
Were the firefighters able to rescue the iphone pro? How about the macbook touch did it make it out ok?
It was probably a coder "burning" the midnight oil and his Ramen noodles caught on fire.
who the hell was using a dell laptop there?
Nah, if its anybody to blame it would be sony and their blasted defective batteries!
I can't even contemplate the thought of some super uber cool Apple gadget prototype and research data being lost forever because of the fire.
Whilst a prototype could be lost, that's very unlikely to be a project-ending disaster. Everything is designed with CAD so any designs would be safely backed-up multiple times in several locations (I hope).
This fire means that projects will be set back by a few weeks, that's all. Annoying for those workers, but not a disaster.
must have been a pesky magsafe charger.
If 2010 is a poor year for Apple hardware, then we'll know what it was....
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It was probably started by one of the new intel processors
Perhaps Dell and Microsoft had a hand in this.
Investigate!
You heard it here first people.
Perhaps Dell and Microsoft had a hand in this.
NO- methinks Research in Motion and Verizon.