Glasgow School of Art burned down! Again?

[Globalti]

Either the paranormal exists or somebody has got a huge grudge against the place. If I was the insurer I'd be starting with a list of all the students who have been thrown off courses in the last 4 years.

 

[AndyRM]

It looks a lot worse this time, with surrounding buildings also affected. Not good, at all, and I feel for any students who may have lost work which is likely given it's final show season.

 

[midlife]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44504659

Aeriel shot on bbc the news shows massive fire damage

 

[Beebo]

Based on nothing but my professional experience I expect the cause will be an electrical fault.
Either something has been left on over night or has malfunctioned.


This one looks much worth than the last one. Very sad. And ultimately the damage is so severe that the cause of the fire may never be known.

 

[Drago]

I guess the 'Living Flame In The Wild' Damien Hurst exhibit was a roaring success, eh?

 

[Slick]

Based on nothing but my professional experience I expect the cause will be an electrical fault.
Either something has been left on over night or has malfunctioned.


This one looks much worth than the last one. Very sad. And ultimately the damage is so severe that the cause of the fire may never be known.

Based on much less, I felt malicious was likely.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Initial noises say a rebuild if the building hasn't been too damaged..
I'd imagine after two fires, the building must have suffered some damage.

 

[Slick]

Looked gutted so I'm sure they are going to have a rethink about what they want from it.

Still under construction in parts, no doubt they will be looking at their activities in the coming weeks.

 

[Beebo]

Listed buildings in England have an obligation on the owner to rebuild it if at all possible.
I imagine Scotland is similar and they will have no choice but to reinstate it.

 

[Slick]

Listed buildings in England have an obligation on the owner to rebuild it if at all possible.
I imagine Scotland is similar and they will have no choice but to reinstate it.

Not according to reports.

 

[Drago]

So they learned from the first incident and went out to town on fire protection and mitigation systems.

 

[Slick]

The building wasn't yet fully commissioned.

 

[Mrs M]

Really sad
Glasgow School of Art was a beautiful building
Went on a wee visit when I was at school there
My thoughts too for students with lost and irreplaceable work

 

[Drago]

The building wasn't yet fully commissioned.

The money saved on an on site security watchman presence pales into insignificance over the cost of the damage.

 

[Slick]

The money saved on an on site security watchman presence pales into insignificance over the cost of the damage.

Actually, and this is just from personal experience, but as soon as I saw the scaffolding on fire my first thought was security wars.

Your right of course, especially when the alarm was raised by the public instead of the inbuilt systems they had in place.