Firefighters battle blaze at caravan park (From Daily Echo)
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18 caravans destroyed and 20 more badly damaged
6:00am Monday 28th September 2009 in News
Firefighters battle blaze at caravan park
FIREFIGHTERS spent yesterday battling a blaze at a Hampshire caravan park.
A total of 18 caravans have been destroyed and a further 20 left badly damaged by smoke and heat following the fire which broke out shortly after 3pm.
Hampshire fire control received a 999 call from a member of the public reporting smoke and flames from a nursery and caravan storage yard in Main Road, Colden Common.
Crews from Eastleigh, Winchester and St Mary’s in Southampton were all sent to the scene were they found several of the caravans alight.
They quickly brought the flames under control and contained the fire from spreading through the storage yard which was home to many hundreds of caravans.
The blaze was eventually out at 5.08pm, two hours after the initial emergency call.
Tonight firefighters remain at the scene were they are damping down and looking for hotspots in other caravans.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is now underway, led by the Hampshire Arson Task Force.
Comments(14)
Stupideditor
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6:24pm Sun 27 Sep 09
shaun.c
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7:46pm Sun 27 Sep 09
Reality-man
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8:30pm Sun 27 Sep 09
shaun.c wrote:Or more on the road as they send the replacements down!!!!
cool less on the roads!!
Brite Spark
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8:38pm Sun 27 Sep 09
Oddly, two hours later I myself had a fire in my kitchen, thinking quickly, I used my dog which had alerted us to the inferno, as a fire blanket and managed to smother the flames.
georgemiller89
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9:14pm Sun 27 Sep 09
Brite Spark
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10:08pm Sun 27 Sep 09
Miles Way
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10:12pm Sun 27 Sep 09
Brite Spark wrote:After putting out the blaze did you enjoy a tasty hot-dog?
I saw the smoke and I was 13 miles away in Stubbington on the Solent.
Oddly, two hours later I myself had a fire in my kitchen, thinking quickly, I used my dog which had alerted us to the inferno, as a fire blanket and managed to smother the flames.
OSPREYSAINT
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7:19pm Mon 28 Sep 09
Brite Spark wrote:Was it a Saint Burn Hard?
I saw the smoke and I was 13 miles away in Stubbington on the Solent. Oddly, two hours later I myself had a fire in my kitchen, thinking quickly, I used my dog which had alerted us to the inferno, as a fire blanket and managed to smother the flames.
OSPREYSAINT
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7:35pm Mon 28 Sep 09
echoidiot
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8:36pm Mon 28 Sep 09
love the sw.word. MOVE-NEED
emgscrutton
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9:21pm Mon 28 Sep 09
Em
OSPREYSAINT
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9:33pm Mon 28 Sep 09
Security Word = site-fire! now who is having a laugh?
georgemiller89
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12:32am Tue 29 Sep 09
echoidiot wrote:in particular "for the wealthy tourer owners when their monte carlo time share is off limits"
OMG thats a reliefe, it wasnt a pikey site, only a park up area for the wealthy tourer owners when theire monte carlo time share is off limits. never mind eh, thats why you all pay exhorbitant insurance policies. to pay for your well off pals expensive tourer vans sat on a well off farmers field.
love the sw.word. MOVE-NEED
I think you'll find, we have a caravan so we can still go on holiday, because we can't afford to go abroad, so shove your time-share villa up your bum!
Miles Way says...
6:23pm Sun 27 Sep 09