Horwich Fire

keveh · Post by **keveh** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:04 pm

I can't believe there isn't a thread about this already.

Anybody have any idea what has been burning in Horwich for over 8 hours now?

Can't find anything about it.

keveh · Post by **keveh** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:06 pm

answered my own question

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/bol ... _pictures/

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:55 pm

I'd like to file a complaint over the use of the word "dramatic" to describe those pictures. No disrespect to Jean, but I've had more dramatic shits than that.

Rated R Superstar · Post by **Rated R Superstar** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:38 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:I'd like to file a complaint over the use of the word "dramatic" to describe those pictures. No disrespect to Jean, but I've had more dramatic shits than that.

I was in town this afternoon, now I know what that smell was.

keveh · Post by **keveh** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:45 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:I'd like to file a complaint over the use of the word "dramatic" to describe those pictures. No disrespect to Jean, but I've had more dramatic shits than that.

She must have taken those pictures at the least dramatic time, because it got pretty "dramatic" later on.

Still going strong this morning when I drove past.

cal · Post by **cal** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:58 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:I'd like to file a complaint over the use of the word "dramatic" to describe those pictures. No disrespect to Jean, but I've had more dramatic shits than that.

Those pictures don't show the largeness of the fire. At work yesterday I could have seen 20ft flames and smoke filling the whole of Middlebrook retail park, before the flames/smoke rose high we were wondering what the awful smell was. To top it off, the whole of Blackrod & Horwich's water supply has been taken off!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 513133.stm

David Lee's Hair · Post by **David Lee's Hair** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:03 am

I thought some hardy soul was having a bbq near me last night, this explains it!

keveh · Post by **keveh** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:06 am

No water for us

cal · Post by **cal** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:14 pm

hang on, the water shortages may not be due to the fire. according to united utilites website a burst water pipe is resulting in lack of water, this is near the blackrod train station which was flooded earlier and trains cancelled. then two lines down another water shortage due to the fire also covering the BL6 area.

confusing eh

Hoboh · Post by **Hoboh** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:16 pm

What fire??????

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:28 pm

Bloody hell, Fire, Floods....we're only missing a couple of plagues. Knew the new kit was poor, but retribution coming this quick was a little unexpected.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:09 pm

cal wrote:hang on, the water shortages may not be due to the fire. according to united utilites website a burst water pipe is resulting in lack of water, this is near the blackrod train station which was flooded earlier and trains cancelled. then two lines down another water shortage due to the fire also covering the BL6 area.

confusing eh

Almost nothing coming through from the Preston to Manchester area this am. 7-33 didn't show, 7-55 didn't show and 8-04 hadn't arrived at 8-18 when I finally gave up and caught a train to Victoria and a bus from there. Got to work at 9-18 instead of before 8-0. We all thought the "floods" thing was a joke, but this may explain it.

keveh · Post by **keveh** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:41 pm

I think that the flood may have been caused by the amount of water passing through the pipes

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:45 pm

Hmm, I could smell woodsmoke whilst driving home down the M66 this afternoon. Couldn't be from the same, could it?

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:38 pm

I thought this thread was going to be about a new Horwich footy team

Bwfc in the bloodline · Post by **Bwfc in the bloodline** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:05 pm

I work in an office next to the fire, we arent allowed to go home! But we have the air con off all the windows cloased and portaloo's outside because the water pressure has gone.

BOOOOOOOOOO

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:09 pm

communistworkethic wrote:I thought this thread was going to be about a new Horwich footy team

You've had a mare there, fella. The club that's been set up to rival the lobby gobbling thieves is Horwich Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:20 pm

Now that the council has bought the Shay, they reckon they'll rename Town to Halifax Sodom & Gomorrah.

cal · Post by **cal** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:22 pm

Bwfc in the bloodline wrote:I work in an office next to the fire, we arent allowed to go home! But we have the air con off all the windows cloased and portaloo's outside because the water pressure has gone.

BOOOOOOOOOO

Still stuck!? Is the fire still massive? I'll probally have to put up with the fumes again tomorrow if so as i work at the middlebrook and it was strong yday.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:55 am

cal wrote:
Bwfc in the bloodline wrote:I work in an office next to the fire, we arent allowed to go home! But we have the air con off all the windows cloased and portaloo's outside because the water pressure has gone.

BOOOOOOOOOO
Still stuck!? Is the fire still massive? I'll probally have to put up with the fumes again tomorrow if so as i work at the middlebrook and it was strong yday.

were you work? i managed to scab a good hour of work yesterday pretending to ork whilst actually watching yon fire oot the window of our place.

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