On Friday, the Lake Whitney house teetering on a cliff was intentionally set on fire. Here鈥檚 a Twitter's-eye view of a story that鈥檚 generated headlines across the country.
1. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful house on a cliff with gorgeous views of Lake Whitney in Central Texas.
DRAMATIC VIDEO: House on cliff overlooking Lake Whitney at peril of falling
— WFAA (@wfaa)
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2. But then part of the cliff started to crumble into the lake. And then pieces of the house started to fall into the lake.
UPDATE: More on the vacant luxury home dangling off a cliff over Lake Whitney:
— CBSDFW (@CBSDFW)
3. But instead of waiting for the entire house to fall into the lake, authorities came up with another plan: Set it on fire. Removing all of the debris from the lake would be too costly. The owner, Rob Webb, told WFAA-TV that he has home insurance, but it doesn鈥檛 cover earth movement. Webb will be paying for the demolition. But then, on Friday morning, there was a delay.
Lake Whitney house fire... 1hr 15mins later.. maybe should have brought a bigger gas can??..
— FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4)
4. People got restless.
If Lake Whitney cliff house not on fire soon, expect this to be photo of assembled media :)
— Chief Max Geron (@ChiefGeron)
5. The fire was finally set. And 鈥� action:
Home burns in Lake Whitney
— Julie Fine (@JulieFineNBC5)
6. Helicopters hovered overhead. TV stations covered it live.
Officials are burning a luxury $700K home that started falling into Lake Whitney near Ft. Worth.
— Valley Morning Star (@valleystar)
Lake Whitney home hanging off cliff fully engulfed in during controlled
鈥� Sebastian Robertson (@wfaasebastian)
7. Neighbors gathered to watch the scene.
More from neighbor Jan Sires, you can see the spectators gather around Overlook Court
— Lauren Zakalik (@wfaalauren)
8. People from across the country gawked at it on TV and online. They wondered why they were staring at the blaze. But they couldn鈥檛 stop.
Why is everyone watching this so intently and why am I now doing the same? Lake Whitney Cliff House Set on Fire
— Caitlin Kerfin-Smith (@ckerfin)
9. They got excited.
Oh boy oh boy oh boy! There's smoke and flames!
— Chris 馃樂'Leary (@ohhleary)
10. The jokes came flooding in 鈥�
Don't talk to me right now, I'm watching a house get lit on fire and topple off the side of a cliff.
— John Thrasher (@jthrasher)
11. The fire went out. The house burned down. The end.
The smoldering remains of the on Lake Whitney at 1:30pm.
— 1080 KRLD (@KRLD)
12. But it's not really the end. The teetering house on a cliff that was set on fire will live on -- thanks to animated gifs ... and Instagram videos ...
Here's a 10mb gif of the fire house's roof falling off the cliff
— Dianna McDougall (@DiannaMcD)
