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12 Nov 07 - 08:17 AM (#2191871) Subject: BS: London Fire From: SINSULL Anyone know what is going on? Is everyone safe? Is Micca's house safe? |
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12 Nov 07 - 08:20 AM (#2191874) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Catherine Jayne The fire is over by the Olymic site....all is well, Micca's house is still standing |
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12 Nov 07 - 08:21 AM (#2191875) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Catherine Jayne should read olympic site |
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12 Nov 07 - 08:26 AM (#2191877) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: GUEST,PMB According to the BBC it's an old bus garage. |
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12 Nov 07 - 08:33 AM (#2191881) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: SINSULL Over here the news immediately suggested terrorist attack. Too bad - it would have been nice for Micca to have an excuse to stay longer. M |
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12 Nov 07 - 08:37 AM (#2191883) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: manitas_at_work There was an incredible amount of smoke just half an hour ago. We saw the column of smoke from our offices in the City even though we're hemmed in by tall buildings. If it had only been a few streets away I would have thought it a large fire. By the time I went outside the column had collapsed and you could tell the true distance. If it is an old bus garage then I suspect there are a few old tyres and drums of diesel to add to the smoke, not to mention that the concrete would have been soaked in diesel anyway. |
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12 Nov 07 - 08:54 AM (#2191890) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: jacqui.c BBC have got it here . |
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12 Nov 07 - 08:56 AM (#2191895) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Catherine Jayne news is on now....the fire is at an old bus depot in the olympic park and is not thought to be terrorist related. Can see the smoke from my house |
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12 Nov 07 - 09:17 AM (#2191906) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Wolfgang Within minutes the news have been degraded from No. 1 to about No. 5 in Germany. Wolfgang |
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12 Nov 07 - 10:26 AM (#2191949) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Rapparee Didn't have a clue it was happening until I opened this thread, which I thought was about the fire back in the 17th Century. |
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12 Nov 07 - 11:59 AM (#2192012) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: GUEST,PMB Apparently firemen often have to endure attacks by "yoofs" as well as the dangers of the fire itself. London's burning, London's burning, Fetch the engine, Fetch the engine, Chuck bricks, Chuck bricks, At the firemen, wha'ever... |
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12 Nov 07 - 02:15 PM (#2192094) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Wesley S My wife and I are planning to visit London for a week next May. Please don't burn down the city until after we've left. Thanks ever so much. |
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12 Nov 07 - 05:02 PM (#2192208) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Rapparee Okay, I saw something about it on the AP website. Got a doozy of a smoke goin'. Anybody hurt? |
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12 Nov 07 - 05:39 PM (#2192241) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Sorcha Is it out yet? |
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12 Nov 07 - 08:55 PM (#2192396) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Victor in Mapperton Just spoke to my son up there, the brigade did a grand job in very dangerous conditions, residents told to close their windows as there was an asbestos roof on building. The building was due to come down shortly. The costly problem of the removal of the hazardous asbestos roofing has gone. Seems to have been the work of vandals. The disused premises had been a favourite haunt for under age drinkers. |
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12 Nov 07 - 11:53 PM (#2192455) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Bee Well, glad no one seems to've been harmed... but I was expecting a thread about Boudicca's famous burning of Londinium, since I read a few months ago they'd got a dig going in that strata of London's past. |
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13 Nov 07 - 10:59 AM (#2192726) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: GUEST,Mr Fox Damn! Five years too early........ |
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13 Nov 07 - 04:49 PM (#2192997) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Liz the Squeak Count it as a practice run Mr Fox.... The smoke was indeed incredible, people in the path of it were advised to close windows and not go out if possible. Traffic was diverted away from the site and the trains were held up for a short while. The building had originally been a bus depot, but had also been used as a clothing warehouse and was due to be demolished in the near future anyway. Someone has saved themselves a huge bill for the safe removal of asbestos roofing. It was in an area that had been partially cleared and there was little risk of it spreading. Residential areas were never in any danger and it was brought under control remarkably quickly for the size of it. It may have been used by 'yoofs' for illicit purposes but as that part of the site is fairly well fenced in, it's unlikely it was them that started it. There was still a stink of burning in the air this morning. LTS |
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13 Nov 07 - 05:14 PM (#2193014) Subject: RE: BS: London Fire From: Liz the Squeak Just to put it into place, as the crow flies, the fire was about a mile and a half away from Micca's house and my home. LTS |