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More than 30 firefighters tackle car workshop blaze (From Daily Echo)
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Dozens of firefighters fight blaze in Portswood, Southampton
3:40pm Friday 2nd November 2012 in News
Major fire in city
MORE than 30 firefighters tackled a huge blaze that broke out at a car workshop in Southampton.
Part of the busy Portswood Road was cordoned off after the fire broke out shortly after 11am, with businesses and homes evacuated as fire crews cooled and removed potentially dangerous gas cylinders from the scene.
Eyewitnesses described seeing flames leap up to 30ft into the air as thick black smoke belched from the large fire, behind the parade of shops between Broadlands Road and Mayfield Road, leaving an acrid burning smell.
Appliances from Winchester, St Mary's, Eastleigh, Hightown, Redbridge, the special equipment unit from Southampton and the incident command unit from the service's Eastleigh headquarters were all sent to help tackle the blaze.
Police shut the main road and ordered an exclusion zone as the fire crews used jets, breathing apparatus and thermal imaging cameras as they quickly contained the fire and stopped it spreading.
But the single-storey garage was completely destroyed by the time the fire was declared extinguished at 1.38pm, once the cylinders had been cooled and removed from the scene.
The manager of the nearby One Stop store said she smelled burning in the shop, but thought it was just a heater so ignored it.
Soon after, she heard loud popping noises. When she went outside to investigate she saw the fire behind the properties.
"It was quite big and fierce, the flames were well above the shops, but the firefighters were here really quickly and go it under control," she said.
Ambulance crews were on standby throughout the incident, but it is not thought anyone was hurt.
The Environment Agency was called to the scene by fire chiefs to help with water run-off issues.
Comments(17)
rolemander
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12:07pm Fri 2 Nov 12
Georgem
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12:11pm Fri 2 Nov 12
Vonnie wrote:It might not have broken out on the industrial estate, but merely have spread to there. Since the Echo aren't time-travelling fire investigators, they can't say for sure where it broke out.
DOZENS of firefighters are today tackling a blaze thought to have broken out on an industrial estate.
Either there is a fire or there isn't.
Dreadful reporting.
I suggest someone from the Echo does their reporting job and goes to have a look.
rolemander
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12:13pm Fri 2 Nov 12
Yes there is poor wording in the sentence but no need to be so picky. lol
rolemander
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12:16pm Fri 2 Nov 12
nedscrumpo
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12:25pm Fri 2 Nov 12
Vonnie
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12:41pm Fri 2 Nov 12
rolemander wrote:The original report which has now been edited said as I quoted
Vonnie please confirm how this report suggest's that their isnt a fire there?
DOZENS of firefighters are today tackling a blaze *thought* to have broken out on an industrial estate.
jonnyx
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1:16pm Fri 2 Nov 12
Vonnie wrote:there's such a thing as trying to be *too clever* isn't there?
rolemander wrote:The original report which has now been edited said as I quoted
Vonnie please confirm how this report suggest's that their isnt a fire there?
DOZENS of firefighters are today tackling a blaze *thought* to have broken out on an industrial estate.
the echo is not suggesting that there may or may not be a fire, there quite clearly is. the echo is pointing out that at this early stage the precise origins of the fire are unclear, but the best guess is that it started on the industrial estate.
the echo is full of sloppy journalism and inaccuracies, just not on this occasion.
Saints + Wigan fan II
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3:11pm Fri 2 Nov 12
cantthinkofone
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4:01pm Fri 2 Nov 12
jonnyx wrote:Yup. The writing here is sometimes sub-GCSE standard - but on this occasion there's nothing wrong with the wording at all.
Vonnie wrote:there's such a thing as trying to be *too clever* isn't there?
rolemander wrote:The original report which has now been edited said as I quoted
Vonnie please confirm how this report suggest's that their isnt a fire there?
DOZENS of firefighters are today tackling a blaze *thought* to have broken out on an industrial estate.
the echo is not suggesting that there may or may not be a fire, there quite clearly is. the echo is pointing out that at this early stage the precise origins of the fire are unclear, but the best guess is that it started on the industrial estate.
the echo is full of sloppy journalism and inaccuracies, just not on this occasion.
C2OPPY
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6:35pm Fri 2 Nov 12
good viewing for the 5yr olds that read the echo
cantthinkofone
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7:24pm Fri 2 Nov 12
C2OPPY wrote:Oh, the irony.
what a load of sh!te photo's some of the building or actually fire might of been nice
good viewing for the 5yr olds that read the echo
LeeB1900
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2:05am Sat 3 Nov 12
cantthinkofone wrote:Isn't it so very sad that you lot feel it's a time to be picky and childish over a serious incident! There may well have been a mis-type in the initial reporting - but - at least there's no SUB-STANDARD, idle chatting as ALL of yours cleary is.
jonnyx wrote:Yup. The writing here is sometimes sub-GCSE standard - but on this occasion there's nothing wrong with the wording at all.
Vonnie wrote:there's such a thing as trying to be *too clever* isn't there?
rolemander wrote:The original report which has now been edited said as I quoted
Vonnie please confirm how this report suggest's that their isnt a fire there?
DOZENS of firefighters are today tackling a blaze *thought* to have broken out on an industrial estate.
the echo is not suggesting that there may or may not be a fire, there quite clearly is. the echo is pointing out that at this early stage the precise origins of the fire are unclear, but the best guess is that it started on the industrial estate.
the echo is full of sloppy journalism and inaccuracies, just not on this occasion.
If you can not comment fairly and in an adult manner - quite frankly SHUT THE F*** UP!
LeeB1900
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2:07am Sat 3 Nov 12
Sending best wishes to all affected by this fire.
peachy1
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6:23am Sat 3 Nov 12
jonnyx
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2:00pm Sat 3 Nov 12
to echo (ho-ho) cantthinkofone's response to an earlier post:
oh, the irony.
Cyber__Fug
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7:11am Sun 4 Nov 12
peachy1 wrote:Well for some of us from Southampton that live abroad don't have much choice of another local news source.
What is wrong with you people? Just remind me how much did you pay for the online version of the Echo ? if you don't like the report don't read the **** thing
Considering that these journos a professional and you would assume that they would have some sort of degree status then it is pretty poor at times.
However, I understand that most of the issues are caused because of the Editors' conception that he is working for the Sun and needs to get the news out there quickly..... regardless of how sparse and inaccurate it is.
Vonnie says...
12:00pm Fri 2 Nov 12
Either there is a fire or there isn't.
Dreadful reporting.
I suggest someone from the Echo does their reporting job and goes to have a look.