Major fire in Canterbury!

Neil79 · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:34

I was walking with the family down the town and could see a ton of smoke, as we got further towards the main road it was blocked by police cars. Went down a side alley, walked down another road and there it was, pretty much an entire block of flats up in flames. Roof on fire too with people watching and sirens going off all over the place

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/fire-breaks-out-in-city-39637/

http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/gian...new_development_on_old_tannery_site_1_4139473

These are barely 10 years old

antijoke · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:39

That will make a fine tale one day.

Neil79 · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:45

anticonscience said:
That will make a fine tale one day.

For those that have lost their homes, possibly their pets then it's a pretty big story right now actually. :rolleyes:

ikillbears · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:48

ooooo touchy

skaif · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:48

Wow that's unfortunate! Hope no one was injured

D3K · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:49

Looks mental. The bay windows look like they're floating

MichaelAwkward · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:49

Neil79 said:
For those that have lost their homes, possibly their pets then it's a pretty big story right now actually.

House fires happen every day all over the world. Get a grip.

Neil79 · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:49

ikillbears said:
ooooo touchy

After what I witnessed yes, yes I am

I go laugh at the people who were crying on the street after losing everything

PapaLazaru · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:49

Whilst it is a sad sight to see, it does show how shabby some 'modern' apartments have been built. The whole thing has just burned away.

Neil79 · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:50

MichaelAwkward said:
House fires happen every day all over the world. Get a grip.

Your house just burnt down, you lost everything. I shall then laugh at you and see how you react, then say hey get a grip.

Neil79 · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:50

PapaLazaru said:
Whilst it is a sad sight to see, it does show how shabby some 'modern' apartments have been built. The whole thing has just burned away.

True, apparently it took about an hour maybe less for the entire block to go up. However I don't think the heat and this strong wind was helping

MichaelAwkward · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:51

Neil79 said:
Your house just burnt down, you lost everything. I shall then laugh at you and see how you react, then say hey get a grip.

Nobody is laughing at anyone :confused:

It was a simple word joke that you overreacted to. It's a good job you don't work in the emergency services...

Neil79 · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:52

skaif said:
Wow that's unfortunate! Hope no one was injured

He said: "We believe the fire is now under control, but this could change if the direction of the wind changes. There are no casualties from the 25 flats "We believe that it started at flat number one and then spread through the block and we have had to close the city ring road in order for fire services to access the site.

25 flats

MichaelAwkward said:
Nobody is laughing at anyone It was a simple word joke that you overreacted to. It's a good job you don't work in the emergency services...

No and for your information emergency services wouldn't say " Oh your house just burnt down? Houses burn down all the time, get a grip! "

StriderX · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:53

Uhh there are like 40k fires per year in the UK for houses...this is kinda i dunno, not news-worthy for anyone but people from the locality >_>

MichaelAwkward · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:54

Neil79 said:
No and for your information emergency services wouldn't say " Oh your house just burnt down? Houses burn down all the time, get a grip! "

No, they'd just get on with it because they deal with stuff like this every day. You're acting as if you've just witnessed the worst thing to ever happen to anyone in human history.

Neil79 · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:54

StriderX said:
Uhh there are like 40k fires per year in the UK for houses...this is kinda i dunno, not news-worthy for anyone but people from the locality >_>

Like myself, it was an awful sight, have never seen so many people crying. People screaming my animals!

deusexlumina · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:54

MichaelAwkward said:
House fires happen every day all over the world. Get a grip.

I hope someone says that to you when a severe life altering event affects you.

skaif · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:56

Wow some people have no empathy here!

MichaelAwkward · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:56

I fancy boys said:
I hope someone says that to you when a severe life altering event affects you.

A severe life altering event hasn't affected the OP. It's affected people who he just happened to walk past. I was telling the OP to get a grip, not those people.

robfosters · 4 Jul 2015 at 17:59

Agree with Neil. "Get a grip". Good god, some people are very cold.