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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Amigo on 17 April 2011, 20:24:24
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That scrapyard fire must've been a biggie given the haz issues that go with it. Hope the fire fighters are ok.
Also glad my monday job was changed. I was due to load a 20ft box @ Sunbury on Thames. If it's still shut tomorrow the A1, A41 & north circular will be a nightmare not to mention the A14/M11/ Dartford crossing that will be even busier than usual. :'(
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That scrapyard fire must've been a biggie given the haz issues that go with it. Hope the fire fighters are ok.
Also glad my monday job was changed. I was due to load a 20ft box @ Sunbury on Thames. If it's still shut tomorrow the A1, A41 & north circular will be a nightmare not to mention the A14/M11/ Dartford crossing that will be even busier than usual. :'(
The A1 was beginning to fill up nicely late afternoon, but the A1 at Fiveways Corner in Hendon was clear both ways. I drove along it myself on the way to Homebase. I doubt it will be quiet tomorrow, though. The fire itself did not seem that dramatic and there were no injuries, but I reckon the heat must have casued some structural problems as it was going for several hours right under the bridge beneath the M1 by London Gateway Services. :(
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So what plonker issued planning permission to put a scrap yard there?
eddie
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So what plonker issued planning permission to put a scrap yard there?
eddie
are scrapyards likely to go on fire? accidents happen - you cant legislate for every eventuality surely? :o
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In that kind of area I wouldn't be surprised if the scrap yard predated the M1, too.
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Heard on the radio today that the initial fire started at a nearby business as yet undisclosed which spread to said scrapyard. Given most scrappies only have oxy welding/cutting gear, full & il lying about the investigators reckon this would'nt generate 1000+ degrees plus in an outdoor environment...chemical place nearby?
Apparently such extremes of heat can turn the concrete sections into dust & warp the reinforced steel structure inside them therefore unsafe.
I bet one or to in. co's. are a tad on edge... gonna be some claim!!! ::)
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Was that the bloody Rover 75 that was on fire?
I was stuck in that too :(
Then got further up to the good ode M6 then some lorry lost his load of Conrete so that was shut :o
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arson apparently
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13129347 >:(
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arson apparently
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13129347 >:(
Oddly enough, I learned this morning that all the picnic tables and scout camp shelters in Moat Mount Open Space (where I walk my dog) were deliberately set on fire during the afternoon on the same day as the M1 fire. The location is just across the A1 - about 10 minutes walk away from the scrap yard. :-? :-?
My friends have a full skip sitting on their driveway. Could be sometime before it's collected as all but one of the company's skip lorries were burnt out in the M1 fire. :o
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The fire was only an excuse for the closure - a series of events like this was the real reason;
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a44_1303209317
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brilliant ;D ;D ;D ;D
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The fire was only an excuse for the closure - a series of events like this was the real reason;
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a44_1303209317
Absolutely priceless! :D
I remember reading a report by a radio amateur partaking in SOTA (summits on the air - essentially climbing to the top of hills, setting up a radio station and talking to people) who lugged his radio equipment up one particularly exhausting hill to find someone already there with his ironing board and iron doing "extreme ironing". ;D
He remarked that, for once, he wasn't the biggest anorak on the summit. ;D
Kevin
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wouldn't it be "extreme" ironing in the live lanes?
thats just "ironing" ;D
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arson apparently
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13129347 >:(
Oddly enough, I learned this morning that all the picnic tables and scout camp shelters in Moat Mount Open Space (where I walk my dog) were deliberately set on fire during the afternoon on the same day as the M1 fire. The location is just across the A1 - about 10 minutes walk away from the scrap yard. :-? :-?
My friends have a full skip sitting on their driveway. Could be sometime before it's collected as all but one of the company's skip lorries were burnt out in the M1 fire. :o
it took a while but they managed to nearly get them all in the fire ::)
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arson apparently
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13129347 >:(
Oddly enough, I learned this morning that all the picnic tables and scout camp shelters in Moat Mount Open Space (where I walk my dog) were deliberately set on fire during the afternoon on the same day as the M1 fire. The location is just across the A1 - about 10 minutes walk away from the scrap yard. :-? :-?
My friends have a full skip sitting on their driveway. Could be sometime before it's collected as all but one of the company's skip lorries were burnt out in the M1 fire. :o
The police have linked these fires with the M1 scrap yard fire and this morning arrested 5 people aged between 14 & 17. :o :y
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The fire was only an excuse for the closure - a series of events like this was the real reason;
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a44_1303209317
Absolutely priceless! :D
I remember reading a report by a radio amateur partaking in SOTA (summits on the air - essentially climbing to the top of hills, setting up a radio station and talking to people) who lugged his radio equipment up one particularly exhausting hill to find someone already there with his ironing board and iron doing "extreme ironing". ;D
He remarked that, for once, he wasn't the biggest anorak on the summit. ;D
Kevin
Are these the people Stobart spotters take the piss out of?
Trains take it out of Bus
Bus out of Stobart
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"have i got news for you" showed a pic of a motorway in Japan destroyed by the tsunami and a pic 5 days later of a perfectly restored road - we're rubbish sometimes - just get on with it frak sake :o
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m411/bannjaxx/2acadb05e6452de6c9936ee1bb24c4362046495506-1302188317-4d9dd11d-620x348.jpg)
photos taken less than a week apart :-?
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That is not a fair comparison, Banjax. Some of the M1 supports literally exploded as steel cores expanded with the heat. There is a vast difference between the road you show, which looks to be 2-lane and certainly on solid ground, and a 3-lane large bridge section (not including the Northbound carriageway) which serves as a major transport artery. It will, at some stage, need to be competely rebuilt. :(
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That is not a fair comparison, Banjax. Some of the M1 supports literally exploded as steel cores expanded with the heat. There is a vast difference between the road you show, which looks to be 2-lane and certainly on solid ground, and a 3-lane large bridge section (not including the Northbound carriageway) which serves as a major transport artery. It will, at some stage, need to be completely rebuilt. :(
May be not a direct comparison but that is pretty impressive, a road that you can see is clearly torn apart fully rebuilt in such a short time........ :y :y
I do understand BJ's point, less talking and a bit more action would be more helpful...... :y
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The damage had to be assessed by structural engineers, which is no small task when the area beneath the bridge was so heavily fire-damaged. Then, decisions had to be taken as to the way forward. If, as I understand is the case, large specialist support beams have been put in place, they would have needed to be ordered, delivered and installed. As I recall, the motorway was reopened after 4 days, so pretty good going, IMHO! :y
That's not to detract from the Japanese workers' efforts but, as I said, the two are in no way comparable (in my view). :-/