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Mon Jun 9, 2008 — by Elayne Riggs

Puck Building evacuated

Smoke in the sub-basement, fire in the sky... As if this weekend's MoCCA Art Festival weren't already the hottest ticket in town during the hottest couple of days so far this year, there was a fire condition around 3 PM on Sunday that wound up causing an evacuation of the building.

An earlier video of the event was taken down from YouTube for some reason, but Brian Heater of The Daily Cross Hatch posted one of his own. Have a look:

According to MoCCA founder Lawrence Klein, there was apparently a "smoke condition" in the building's sub-basement, nowhere near either of the convention floors or window-based air conditioning units. Attending professionals and fans were probably not all that thrilled to be ushered out into the 90-degree heat, but better safe than sorry!

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Dan (4:48 PM on Mon Jun 9, 2008)

Jeffery Rowland's has a funny post about this at Overcompensating:

http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20080609

Dan (4:50 PM on Mon Jun 9, 2008)

I know 'Rowland's' is incorrect. I generally try to edit myself better.

Rick Marshall (5:18 PM on Mon Jun 9, 2008)

Heh. My MoCCA Day Two recap actually links to that very same strip... damn these time-scripted posting schedules!

Oh, wait... I'm the one setting the times.

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