Feb 6 1972
From The Space Library
Fire leveled eight-trailer modular complex being used by NASA as temporary office space near Astrionics Laboratory at Marshall Space Flight Center. Redstone Arsenal Fire Dept. extinguished blaze within one hour but officials said portion of building containing high vacuum and thin film research section of hybrid microelectronics research laboratory had suffered minor damage. MSFC Director, Dr. Eberhard F. M. Rees, later appointed six-member board to investigate cause of fire that led to estimated $100 000 loss, but no injuries. (Huntsville Times, 2/8/72)
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