Great Westerford is on fire!!!

I work there... was an interesting morning. The fire started on the roof and last I heard the 3rd floor was also burnt out.
 
Worked there on the 2nd floor up until a year ago. Missing out on all the action and a day off work. :(
 
Hetzner have just sent out an email. Their data centre is in the basement of the building, so far unaffected.

Hetzner email said:
This is to notify you that an electrical fire has broken out in the Great Westerford building (Newlands, Cape Town) where Hetzner has its Data Centres.

The fire is on the 3rd Floor with the fire brigade in attendance with multiple vehicles on site and busy extinguishing the fire. Hetzner's Data Centres are located in the basement of the building and as yet remain unaffected by the fire.

We are closely monitoring the situation with contingency plans in place should the fire continue unabated.

We will post regular updates via our Network Notices, which can be found here: @HetznerNotices (Twitter) or notices.hetzner.co.za.
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The_Assimilator said:
The roof kinda doesn't. Also I think the fire started by the emergency diesel generators, so there's a lot of fuel there...
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Erm, isn't the generators on the ground floor right by the entrance of the basement parking / loading zones? I'm also pretty sure the fuel storage tanks are underground.
 
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