jon_nic
Active member
Wolsey factory on FIRE! Leicester, 5th june
I Decided to cycle past wolsey this everning to see the demolition progress and noticed some smoke not far from the tower. I Got a bit closer and a portacabin had been set alight and a big pile of wood was ablaze. There was also a pile of 10 calor gas canisters piled about a meter away from the fire and some more on the other side of a wall. Looks like some kids had tried to prepare a pyrotechnic display!
So I called the fire brigade and they promptly came within 3 mins, by then though the fire was quite bad so it looks like the fire wasnt started long before I got there.
one fire engine broke in to the gates of the waterside center and filled up from the canal water and pumped water to the fire
here are the pics
not much left of the place now.
I Decided to cycle past wolsey this everning to see the demolition progress and noticed some smoke not far from the tower. I Got a bit closer and a portacabin had been set alight and a big pile of wood was ablaze. There was also a pile of 10 calor gas canisters piled about a meter away from the fire and some more on the other side of a wall. Looks like some kids had tried to prepare a pyrotechnic display!
So I called the fire brigade and they promptly came within 3 mins, by then though the fire was quite bad so it looks like the fire wasnt started long before I got there.
one fire engine broke in to the gates of the waterside center and filled up from the canal water and pumped water to the fire
here are the pics
not much left of the place now.
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