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Fire in Salthill June 6th

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  • 06-06-2016 6:54pm
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    tenacious-me
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    Huge fire going by smoke somwhere in the direction of the bal / estates around there from my angle, anyone know the story?


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    45mhrc7evo1d3n
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    Looks like the fire is at the Sacre Couer hotel from my angle. Dense smoke billowing out :eek:.


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    snubbleste
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    Julian Fluffy Memory wrote: »
    Looks like the fire is at the Sacre Couer hotel from my angle. Dense smoke billowing out :eek:.
    What does the smoke smell like, caller?


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    Your Face
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    Heard the sirens. Seems serious. Hope no one is hurt.


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    #5
    tenacious-me
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    Snapped a pic


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    snubbleste
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    Sure, it's just the neighbours burning rubbish again


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    [Deleted User]
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    Just saw a fire engine racing into town from Tuam I think which is unusual.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    tenacious-me wrote: »
    Huge fire going by smoke somwhere in the direction of the bal / estates around there from my angle, anyone know the story?

    Former Sacre Couer hotel.


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    Atlantic Dawn
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    Aran Islands seperatists invading perhaps?


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    snubbleste
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Former Sacre Couer hotel.
    Folk going to church attracted by burning incense


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    Your Face
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Folk going to church attracted by burning incense

    Maybe third time will be a charm.


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    snubbleste
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    Your Face wrote: »
    Maybe third time will be a charm
    Ah now.
    Who owns the hotel these days anyway?


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    Barry Badrinath
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Sure, it's just the neighbours burning rubbish again

    No it's not.


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    snubbleste
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    https://twitter.com/endacunningham/status/739883561503870976


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    Kristopherus
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/endacunningham/status/739883561503870976

    No doubt started by wasters who had nothing better to do:rolleyes:.


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    Aerohead
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    Firemen were lucky with that blowback , thank God they were not hurt


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    Moo Moo Land
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    Sacred Heart!!


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    Mrs OBumble
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    Kristopherus wrote: »
    No doubt started by wasters who had nothing better to do:rolleyes:.

    Maybe. I just heard a story about a council order to do something with it by the end of next month.


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    Your Face
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Maybe. I just heard a story about a council order to do something with it by the end of next month.

    Interesting.


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    45mhrc7evo1d3n
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    Thankfully the fire looks to be well under control now. I've been amazed by the hordes of people who descended on the place to gawk. They abandoned their cars all over Lenaboy/Oaklands, blocking driveways and impeding access for fire trucks. Actually I was surprised some of the local roads weren't cordoned off.


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    Aerohead
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    Julian Fluffy Memory wrote: »
    Thankfully the fire looks to be well under control now. I've been amazed by the hordes of people who descended on the place to gawk. They abandoned their cars all over Lenaboy/Oaklands, blocking driveways and impeding access for fire trucks. Actually I was surprised some of the local roads weren't cordoned off.

    Arent you looking at the fire, it's human nature to stop and look, there are not too many major fires in Galway thank God If I was nearby I would be looking also


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    Mrs OBumble
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    Julian Fluffy Memory wrote: »
    Thankfully the fire looks to be well under control now. I've been amazed by the hordes of people who descended on the place to gawk. They abandoned their cars all over Lenaboy/Oaklands, blocking driveways and impeding access for fire trucks. Actually I was surprised some of the local roads weren't cordoned off.

    I was struck by the lack of guards / garda cars in the various photos and videos, and how close people were allowed to stay.

    There is one car visible in one of my early photos, but I didn't see any others.


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    45mhrc7evo1d3n
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    Aerohead wrote: »
    Arent you looking at the fire, it's human nature to stop and look, there are not too many major fires in Galway thank God If I was nearby I would be looking also

    This wasn't "stopping and looking", this was people travelling in their cars to look.


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    Mearings
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    Julian Fluffy Memory wrote: »
    This wasn't "stopping and looking", this was people travelling in their cars to look.

    Lowering Inferno


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    snubbleste
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    Julian Fluffy Memory wrote: »
    Thankfully the fire looks to be well under control now. I've been amazed by the hordes of people who descended on the place to gawk. They abandoned their cars all over Lenaboy/Oaklands, blocking driveways and impeding access for fire trucks. Actually I was surprised some of the local roads weren't cordoned off.
    Well the main road was cordoned off by Garda from Kelleher's petrol station west to Seapoint.


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    45mhrc7evo1d3n
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Well the main road was cordoned off by Garda from Kelleher's petrol station west to Seapoint.

    That's good, shame they didn't do the job properly and cordon off Oaklands also.


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    Gadgetman496
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    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #28
    gordongekko
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    It was flattened when I went past today.


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    snubbleste
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    gordongekko wrote: »
    It was flattened when I went past today.
    Wha?
    Conspiracy theory time


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