Fire in Douglas - See Mod note in post #506

BurnsCarpenter

Anyone know what's going on? Looks close to m & s maybe.

BurnsCarpenter

Cars on fire in the car park apparently

Ludo

"Good" pics on twitter. Hope no one hurt or trapped.

lawred2

https://twitter.com/emmakenneally/status/1167864460217737217?s=19

Jeepers

Ludo

https://twitter.com/C103Cork/status/1167869562752102400

That botton left one looks bad.

Atlantic Dawn

Might not be too bad, 2 or 3 cars on fire can emit a lot of smoke.

Treviso

https://twitter.com/EoinBearla/status/1167869872010756096

Ludo

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Might not be too bad, 2 or 3 cars on fire can emit a lot of smoke.

Yeah hopefully that's all it is and the fire brigade can get it under control...tough condition for them there I'd guess with that smoke.

Ludo

Hopefully people in the gym got out pronto when the alarm went off also. Wouldn't want to be in there with that thich black smoke.

whiskeyman

Would hope the sprinkler systems are working in that car park.
Could be plenty of cars packed in a tight enclosed space which would be a recipe for disaster.
Best of luck to the firefighters there.

Tauriel

I heard all of the sirens going off from the Carrigaline Fire Station about 20-30 mins ago and seen that the City Fire Brigade tweeted about it as well. Hopefully they'll put it out with no injuries to the firemen. Looks very bad.

Sounds very bad, I've seen someone on Twitter say that you can actually hear the cars exploding in the village.

Gru

whiskeyman wrote: »

Would hope the sprinkler systems are working in that car park.
Could be plenty of cars packed in a tight enclosed space which would be a recipe for disaster.
Best of luck to the firefighters there.

I can't recall if there is a sprinkler system in car park.

lawred2

mustang shelly wrote: »

I heard all of the sirens going off from the Carrigaline Fire Station about 20-30 mins ago and seen that the City Fire Brigade tweeted about it as well. Hopefully they'll put it out with no injuries to the firemen. Looks very bad.

Sounds very bad, I've seen someone on Twitter say that you can actually hear the cars exploding in the village.

Christ

The heat in such an enclosed space would be insane

Tauriel

lawred2 wrote: »

Christ

The heat in such an enclosed space would be insane

Coupled with all of the fuel in the cars and then the added problem if there is any electric cars with their batteries.

I think this fire will be burning all night

TheChizler

Was driving home over the flyover in the east direction and cars ahead of me were suddenly slamming on. Drivers had STOPPED to take pictures. Absolute gowls.

Ludo

Looks like it is nearly out from latest video on twitter there...hope it is.

Tauriel

TheChizler wrote: »

Was driving home over the flyover in the east direction and cars ahead of me were suddenly slamming on. Drivers had STOPPED to take pictures. Absolute gowls.

No common sense or cop on amongst the Irish driving population as per usual :mad:

Ludo

mustang shelly wrote: »

No common sense or cop on amongst the Irish driving population as per usual :mad:

Do you really think this only happens in Ireland?

Tauriel

Ludo wrote: »

Do you really think this only happens in Ireland?

Well considering that I have only ever driven on Irish roads I'm not going to make a comment on other nationalities.

No need to get your knickers in a twist :rolleyes:

Gru

Reports that the fire has been extinguished by 96FM.

ScrubsfanChris

Cork City fire dept. saying they had trouble even accessing the fire........

ScrubsfanChris

Best tweet so far: https://twitter.com/goodersgold1/status/1167870128517574658?s=20

Massive fire in Douglas and people still queuing for KC’s #douglas #cork

:pac:

Gru

There's a video doing the rounds on facebook showing the car on fire on Level 1, no sign of a sprinkler system.

amazing that there's no fire safety system in place beyond fire alarms. I thought modern buildings having sprinklers would be common sense.

https://www.facebook.com/piotr.kopec.733/videos/2608171559233325/?t=0

ScrubsfanChris

It was the top story on Nine O'Clock news. Must be a slow day

ScrubsfanChris

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Might not be too bad, 2 or 3 cars on fire can emit a lot of smoke.

Hopefully, although fire can do alot more damage to concrete then people then.

Safety inspectors will have to take core samples and/or tests of every concrete pillar and other structures around where the fire took place before it can reopen possibly.

namloc1980

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

It was the top story on Nine O'Clock news. Must be a slow day

Major fire in a car park and shopping centre is hardly a slow news day.

ScrubsfanChris

Gru wrote: »

There's a video doing the rounds on facebook showing the car on fire on Level 1,

Are we taking bets on the make/model? :P
I'm going with a leaf

ScrubsfanChris

namloc1980 wrote: »

Major fire in a car park and shopping centre is hardly a slow news day.

Maybe, just thought whats going on in London and Hong Kong would be up there first.

Gru

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Are we taking bets on the make/model? :P
I'm going with a leaf

Looks to be a large SUV from the video, an electric did cross my mind as a potential cuplrit earlier.

Gru

I'm hoping that considering how fast they contained the fire that damage inside the center itself is minimal. No doubt stocks of food etc will need to be tossed.

TheChizler

delminteop wrote: »

Looks like the whole shopping centre will be destroyed by this.

Going by...?