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Ingram Collection - sad news
Gas explosion took out his Porsche collection :-(
https://www.wral.com/durham-explosion-1-person-dead-after-explosion-in-downtown/18317583/
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I hope some of his collection was out on loan.
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Unfortunate for the dead and injured. Gas mains are no joke.
What does the collection consist of?, not familiar with it. Edit: 2 inches is not a main, surprised by the damage.
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Could have been worse had they not evacuated most of the buildings after smelling the gas.
His collection consisted of a pair of 904 GTS's, 550 Spyder, 356 Speedster's, 918, 964RS, Abarth Spyder,Carrera GT and about 30 to 40 other rare Porsche's. https://jalopnik.com/this-might-be-the-most-desireable-porsche-911-collectio-1723872916
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My god that is tragic. Our thoughts and prayers go out the all the folks affected.
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It looks like most of the damage was next door, so the collection may not be lost.
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I'm not finding anything in the news stories about Porsches or a car collection...anyone have a link?
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That it terrible. News reporting 2 dead.
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You can find a video on the Internet that was shot from a helicopter orbiting the buildings. The collections seem to be housed in a building adjacent to the one that was totally destroyed and it suffered a partial ceiling collapse. In some of the videos, you could see through the hole in the ceiling and there were four or five cars visible down below.
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Two people died, that is really tragic.
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From the video I could make out a yellow RS on the ground floor just behind the rollup door and a silver 904 on one of the upper floors with the roof missing. They both looked ok. Probably some damage, but not totally lost.
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This image was posted on Rennlist from a TV snapshot of a local news station coverage via helicopter looking down through the roof:
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The real tragedy is the death and injuries to humans. The cars can be fixed. Rare and expensive cars can always be fixed. If the Ferrari Enzo that was ripped in half can be fixed, anything can be restored. It is just money.
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Oh my....I just turned on the local news....
RIP...tragic
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This is helicopter video of the scene. Contractor hit a gas line.
https://www.wral.com/watch-porsche-collection-looks-to-have-suffered-damage-during-fire-explosion/18318275/
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Thoughts to the victims and injured.
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Glen is spot on. Lives lost and devastating injuries cannot be restored at any cost or in any length of time. That is the real tragedy here.
I suspect that all of the damaged cars will eventually be repaired to their previous conditions or better. Still a bloody shame for all involved and the rare cars that were damaged.
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