Fire in Brazil

[chris harris]

If you have any of that ridiculous black foam "acoustic treatment" in your home or your studio, or anywhere else really, please rip that garbage down and dispose of it safely. It doesn't really help your acoustics. And, it puts you and anyone who enters your space in danger.

[GIK Acoustics]

While I'm all for ripping down foam in exchange for real broadband treatments and other solutions like bass traps and diffusors, I am going to disagree with the OP that foam puts you in any real danger. At least with the bigger more well known foam companies, they ARE fire rated and tested, and are as safe as any other material in its class. People install these incorrectly or use other products that claim to be the same when they are NOT and this is what causes issues.

Fire Marshalls can be a real pain people, but they are there for a reason.

[goose134]

Maybe the fireworks should stay out of doors. The padlocked exits didn't help matters either. I think the video from the Station fire shows how quickly a place like that catches fire and spreads like crazy.
Just horrifying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVPgzLddshE

[vvv]

I have a buddy used to be in the fireworks business; he has all kinds of stories of mortars tipping to aim at spectators, duds going off later, bad measurements of powder, etc.

I worked in a rock-show bar in the early '80's and recall the flashpots, in particular, burning people, altho' usually it was those on stage.

I agree, keep the pyro outside.

[Scodiddly]

Basically this proves once again that stupid musicians and greedy bar owners are a universal menace.

I'm in the live sound business. I hate to see this crap happening even once, let alone as a semi-regular thing.