27 October 2010

Fire at Brand Depot

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The following in from the ESA:

    5:55pm Tuesday 26 October 2010 – Fire reported at Majura ACT Fire Brigade responding to reports of a fire at Brand Depot Majura.

    Update to follow.

    6:15pm Tuesday 26 October 2010 – Update – Fire quickly extinguished Fire quickly extinguished by firefighters and automatic sprinkler system.

    Building occupants safely evacuated.

    7:20 pm Tuesday 26 October 2010 – Final update – Fire cause to be investigated by police The building has sustained substantial smoke and water damage.

    A estimated damage bill is not available.

    An ACT Ambulance Service crew also attended and assessed a small number of people for minor smoke inhalation but no one required transport to hospital.

    The ACT Fire Brigade responded with multiple resources to the scene along with one crew from the airport fire service.

    The ACT Fire Brigade has now handed the scene over to ACT Policing forensic officers to determine the cause.

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Way to put the shining light on the ACT firies when the airport brigade would have been the first in attendance and probably did most of the initial work.

Ah well maybe DFO will donate some of their 5 customers to boost Brand Depot’s back up close to average for a while.. Although if the fire was a DFO it wouldn’t have done much damage because of the empty space.

Oh dear, my bankrupt but surprisingly heavily insured business venture is burning!

heard on the news that the fire was in Go Lo.

could’ve been some sort of fire sale…

capn_pugwash12:57 pm 27 Oct 10

maybe the tumbleweed is building up in those empty corridors and causing a fire risk…

Gungahlin Al12:48 pm 27 Oct 10

harvyk1 said :

capn_pugwash said :

bet it didn’t take long to evacuate 😉

Yes, all 5 shoppers were evacuated quite quickly. 🙂

Ha! According to the Times, only staff were evacuated. But I assumed that was because there were no shoppers – situation normal.

ACT Fire Brigade, Ambulance and Police in attendance? I’d say they would have outnumbered the customers 10:1.

capn_pugwash said :

bet it didn’t take long to evacuate 😉

Yes, all 5 shoppers were evacuated quite quickly. 🙂

Costco refurb.

Were the owners of Mooseheads anywhere nearby? cough*insurance*cough

Holden Caulfield11:18 am 27 Oct 10

That would explain the fire trucks I saw on Fairbairn Ave on my way home from work yesterday.

Another attempt at ending a lease?

capn_pugwash10:51 am 27 Oct 10

bet it didn’t take long to evacuate 😉

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