Fire at Ballysimon rd furniture store

h3000

Just spotted this on the Limerick Leader. Real bad time for any staff working there, feel sorry for them.

Anyone have any more info on it?

the drifter

anyone know what store it was?

Berty

the drifter wrote: »

anyone know what store it was?

Possibly the new one next to O'Mara motors. That's the only one I know in Eastlink.

h3000

the drifter wrote: »

anyone know what store it was?

I think East Point is where B&Q is but not too sure. I have no idea what store it was that burned(or is it burnt) down

Kess73

Quite a few furniture stores would have East Point as their address in that area.

Not good news for the ordinary workers in whichever one it was.

Interestingly enough I will be curious to see if there will be an insurance investigation into it if it is one of two furniture stores in the Ballysimon road area who are known to have been in financial trouble.

the drifter

interesting to know....i dealt with mcCarthy funiture ouit there recently and they are very good to deal with...hope its not them!

Berty

A lot furniture stores have EASTWAY but not EASTPOINT

Kess73

the drifter wrote: »

interesting to know....i dealt with mcCarthy funiture ouit there recently and they are very good to deal with...hope its not them!

Yeah they are nice folk to deal with, and are great at dealing with customers as people and not as walking wallets.

There is a lovely old school feel to dealing with them, and with luck the son will be able to continue the business when he takes it over at some point, as the quality of service there is always top notch.

sioda

East point is the one with Wickes in it must have been that discount furniture place

Itsdacraic

Hopefully they were well insured................

zuroph

over 40 quid of damage i'd say.

opticalillusion

I work in that business park. Gardai have been in to me looking for cctv footage.

Was down here at 4am last night and the whole building was in flames.

This morning there is nothing left and part of wickes is damaged. Detectives everywhere.

All pointing towards malicious intent. Owner is devastated.

Henry Ford III

opticalillusion wrote: »

I work in that business park. Gardai have been in to me looking for cctv footage.

Was down here at 4am last night and the whole building was in flames.

This morning there is nothing left and part of wickes is damaged. Detectives everywhere.

All pointing towards malicious intent. Owner is devastated.

What furniture store was burned down?

opticalillusion

As stated earlier, discount furniture store.

Berty

I was out that way earlier so took this photo. WOW is all I can say.

Wickes is also closed because their warehouse wall and roof caught fire and the shop was full of smoke so the HSA will not let customers in to shop.

There seemed to be a lot of coal lying around the car park and out on the road with a guy sweeping it up. Odd thing to see after a Furniture store fire.

Anyway here it is.

limerickmover

i believe there is more to this than meets the eye, i recall seeing this company name before regarding a similiar incident, i hope for te sake the workers it's noting malicious.

h3000

limerickmover wrote: »

i believe there is more to this than meets the eye, i recall seeing this company name before regarding a similiar incident, i hope for te sake the workers it's noting malicious.

Malicious or not, the workers are still out of work just before Christmas. I would hate to be in their situation.

h3000

Update here

Itsdacraic

limerickmover wrote: »

i believe there is more to this than meets the eye, i recall seeing this company name before regarding a similiar incident, i hope for te sake the workers it's noting malicious.

Any link to that?

Henry Ford III

opticalillusion wrote: »

As stated earlier, discount furniture store.

Apologies. I thought that was a generic name

Berty

The owner also owns a furniture store in Blackberry retail park on the Dock Road. Myself and my OH knew this man as we ran Coopers Wine & Beer Superstore(now closed) right next door.

There would not have been anything malicious as the business is not in trouble and never was.

A staff member from Wickes told me that the whole front of the buildings must be torn down and possibly the entire building because its built worse than a badly put together meccano set the metal panels on the front are violently shaking in the wind and one flew across the car park that morning.

zuroph

all those €30 plastic bar stools. gone.

very interested

That's very odd about the coal alright, you can see it in the photo....do Wickes sell it ? Or could it have been used to... well you know ?

Harpy

very interested wrote: »

That's very odd about the coal alright, you can see it in the photo....do Wickes sell it ? Or could it have been used to... well you know ?

could it not just be clumps of burnt stuff as well and not necessarily coal..

Sad for the owner and workers..that picture is crazy..

Berty

Harpy wrote: »

could it not just be clumps of burnt stuff as well and not necessarily coal..

No It was definately coal. I was there and I saw it myself.

LB6

I've been told (by someone who works in that building sector) that that looks like the charred insulation from the sheeting and that the fire looks like it started from the inside otherwise the sheeting wouldn't be silver on the outside if it was coal that set it off.

cul-2008

sad to see something like this happen at this time of year alright.

as if the city is'nt depressing enough looking without a burnt out shell in what was once a lovely business park...somehow I can't see the owners being in any rush to rebuild this for a long time to come :rolleyes:

Itsdacraic

LB6 wrote: »

I've been told (by someone who works in that building sector) that that looks like the charred insulation from the sheeting and that the fire looks like it started from the inside otherwise the sheeting wouldn't be silver on the outside if it was coal that set it off.

Coal is a very odd accelerant to use in an arson attack. It's not exactly the easiest stuff to move around.

baza1976

Berty wrote: »

The owner also owns a furniture store in Blackberry retail park on the Dock Road. Myself and my OH knew this man as we ran Coopers Wine & Beer Superstore(now closed) right next door.

There would not have been anything malicious as the business is not in trouble and never was.
A staff member from Wickes told me that the whole front of the buildings must be torn down and possibly the entire building because its built worse than a badly put together meccano set the metal panels on the front are violently shaking in the wind and one flew across the car park that morning.

Don't know where you are getting your info but I have been told by 2 different people who don't each other that the place and the other units in there are/were doing feck all over the last number of months.

And after the speel you gave about not needing to worry about DEll last year I know who I'd believe

LB6

OK curiosity got the better of me this morning and I went out for a look-see. NO - they are not lumps of coal. They are charred long flat pieces of burnt insulation about 3-4 inches deep.

very interested

Yea I'd have to agree, the so called coal was lying on the main road all night and the next day. If it was coal, it would have been collected up by passers by at some stage. It's a busy road, i'm sure someone would have been tempted. I'll be passing there later, if it's still there and it turns out to be coal... it's mine.