Gas Explosion in UK

FoxEye said:
And he's disgusted by the fact that the people who are doing this are actually incredibly wealthy people. People with property portfolios worth multiple millions, asking to shave a couple hundred off the cost of gas work by deliberately doing things on the cheap and downright illegally.

Crazy eh? I guess money can't buy class.
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Hey now, you don't get to have huge wads of paper by giving it away :rolleyes: especially on those small inconveniences life throws your way.
Case in point, grandad on my dads side of the family was a bank manager in barclay square, london for 20 years and he was the tightest old ******* you ever met. He always quibbled with his car mechanic over the price, stuff like that.
You only need a few less scruples and you're cutting corners on your rental properties safety. Just so long as the rent is paid up.
 
Was it a eastern European shop?

Could it be a home made distillery gone wrong?

Nothing quite causes a big bang like a still releasing alcohol infused gas especially if they are using a flame for a heat source.

There's a big reason why home distilleries are banned as the average person has no idea about dsear regulations
 
Abraxaz1 said:
Was it a eastern European shop?

Could it be a home made distillery gone wrong?

Nothing quite causes a big bang like a still releasing alcohol infused gas especially if they are using a flame for a heat source.

There's a big reason why home distilleries are banned as the average person has no idea about dsear regulations
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That was my thought earlier in the thread.
 
Rotty said:
the people arrested seem to be from a wide area, fiddled gas meter still fav for me
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Looks as if it could be, though for reasons I already stated, I would be surprised if it was as a result of a slow leak. More like a major failed connection or a gas escape while the meter was actively being tampered with.

Abraxaz1 said:
Was it a eastern European shop?

Could it be a home made distillery gone wrong?

Nothing quite causes a big bang like a still releasing alcohol infused gas especially if they are using a flame for a heat source.

There's a big reason why home distilleries are banned as the average person has no idea about dsear regulations
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I guess an alcohol vapour/air explosion could be essentially flameless too.

(The initial explosion was essentially flameless, the fire only started later)
 
Abraxaz1 said:
Was it a eastern European shop?

Could it be a home made distillery gone wrong?

Nothing quite causes a big bang like a still releasing alcohol infused gas especially if they are using a flame for a heat source.

There's a big reason why home distilleries are banned as the average person has no idea about dsear regulations
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Reason for illegality is more rooted in taxation than legitimate safety concerns, it's legal in a lot of countries without causing issues.
 
Apparently the explosion originated from the shop basement, the pressure from the explosion could only go up from there, which is why it destroyed the building so thoroughly but barely touched the neighboring ones. It would also explain why no one noticed the gas build up (assuming it was a gas leak), it could have been days since someone was down there.

The shop only changed from a Londis at xmas, probably a dodgy meter or heating install that sprung a leak, hence why they've arrested people.

(Source: coworker is the son of the fire supervisor on duty that night)
 
I heard on the radio the arrests were on the grounds of "suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion" or something like that.

However that could be taken a few ways.
 
yikes, maybe the people guessing it was an insurance job are correct, then again it ought to be manslaughter charges too if deliberate
 
Should be murder if it was at all intentionality caused as part of an Insurance job. What a terrible, random and crappy way to die.
 
Efour said:
Should be murder if it was at all intentionality caused as part of an Insurance job. What a terrible, random and crappy way to die.
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My thoughts exactly. Why are the CPS such a load of whimps when it comes to charging people. The murderers knew full well there was someone working in the shop at the time, how can it only be manslaughter and not murder :mad:
 
Its what they can prove in court that matters, if there was no intention to kill then murder charge will never stick and they know it. Manslaughter can still carry a life sentance.
 
kitfit1 said:
My thoughts exactly. Why are the CPS such a load of whimps when it comes to charging people. The murderers knew full well there was someone working in the shop at the time, how can it only be manslaughter and not murder :mad:
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I have always been of the suspicion that the Government prefers manslaughter convictions because it allows them to claim that the UK has a lower "murder" rate than it actually has...:/
 
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