Gutted

Posted by Stunner (Kingston, Jamaica) on 19 February 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.

As I drove down the city street the stoplight changed to red and I stopped to wait for it to change and for the rest of the cars to continue on their way, but something caught my peripheral view. It was this small burned out building by the roadside. I'm sure it wasn't like that a few weeks ago... I think. It somehow caught fire and was totally destroyed apart from it's concrete structure which stood scared by the soot of the smoked that bellowed from within and the grill that could not protect it from the flaming intruder. I quickly grabbed my camera and managed to get off a shot, just in time to catch the change of the lights.

Kodak Z650 ZOOM
1/640 second
F/5.6
ISO 80
38 mm (35mm equiv.)

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gutted
destroyed
burnt