Cheddar George
oober member
- Location
- Location: Location
Lord Coe's wallet caught fire ............ allegedly !!
Big Fire
- Thread starter ChrisKH
- Start date
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andy_wrx
Über Member
The BBC say there is no evidence of any link to terrorism.
WHY do they even need to state this ?
Who in their right mind would link a fire in a derelict warehouse, due to be demolished in a few months to make way for the site for the Olympics, to be held in 5 years time, to terrorism ?
WHY do they even need to state this ?
Who in their right mind would link a fire in a derelict warehouse, due to be demolished in a few months to make way for the site for the Olympics, to be held in 5 years time, to terrorism ?
andy_wrx
Über Member
Ah yes, but I said 'who in their right mind ?'
Elmer Fudd
Miserable Old Bar Steward
- Location
- Durham, and I am the eejit
Heard the factory had an asbestos roof. Probably cheaper to destroy it and remove the debris than do do it the proper way ???? (just a thought !).
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
F. Chickens Warehouse burns down
Vegetable warehouse burns down
A London Warehouse burns down
Suddenly seems to be a lot of warehouses burning down...
Vegetable warehouse burns down
A London Warehouse burns down
Suddenly seems to be a lot of warehouses burning down...
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Fab Foodie said:
Sounds like a recipe for a nice big roast dinner...
Asbestos roof? Isn't that suppposed to be fire retardent?
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
domtyler said:
It was sort of meant to be funny...
Failed again....
girofan
New Member
- Location
- Oswestry Shropshire
If you could see it guys, I hope you didn't breathe for 24 hours. It is full of asbestos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
andy_wrx
Über Member
Many years ago, in my early teens, I helped my Dad demolish his old wood-with-asbestos-roof garage before erecting a new concrete one.
I got the job of burning the old one (probably volunteered for it - a teenager and a bonfire..)
It started to rain and the fire wasn't doing too well, so I hit on the bright idea of propping a couple of sheets of the asbestos roof over it, which would keep the rain off.
Good idea, the fire then built up to a satisfying keep-at-a-distance blaze, except that when the asbestos sheets got hot they started to explode. I guess pockets of dampness inside the asbestos boiled to steam, which meant that fist-sized bits of asbestos were shooting-out in all directions.
I hadn't been that fussed about the sheets, after all they'd been on the roof of the garage for years, but surely this would be releasing loose asbestos fibres into the air...
I got the job of burning the old one (probably volunteered for it - a teenager and a bonfire..
)It started to rain and the fire wasn't doing too well, so I hit on the bright idea of propping a couple of sheets of the asbestos roof over it, which would keep the rain off.
Good idea, the fire then built up to a satisfying keep-at-a-distance blaze, except that when the asbestos sheets got hot they started to explode. I guess pockets of dampness inside the asbestos boiled to steam, which meant that fist-sized bits of asbestos were shooting-out in all directions.
I hadn't been that fussed about the sheets, after all they'd been on the roof of the garage for years, but surely this would be releasing loose asbestos fibres into the air...
Elmer Fudd
Miserable Old Bar Steward
- Location
- Durham, and I am the eejit
Asbestos doesn't burn in the true sense of the word, but it will 'glow', like the embers in a fire and disintegrate into ash. Also as andy wrx says, if its full of moisture... Boom, great when you are a (uninformed) yoof !!
