Fire alert at Foresters Tower in Wood Farm (From Oxford Mail)
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Fire alert at Foresters Tower in Wood Farm
5:48pm Tuesday 8th January 2013 in Oxford
The scene at Foresters Tower tonight
SIX fire engines are at Foresters Tower in Wood Farm, Oxford, tonight.
Initial reports indicate there has been a small fire in the kitchen of a flat.
It was put out and no one has been reported injured.
Some flats were evacuated.
Comments(10)
Lord Palmerstone
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8:12pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Busybody1
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8:15pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Lord Palmerstone wrote:Lol now that's headline news
Our dog broke wind 7 times between 6 and 7 this evening. Now there IS a more interesting news item
Sandy Wimpole-Smythe
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10:28pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Lord Palmerstone wrote:What are you feeding it, all bran ?
Our dog broke wind 7 times between 6 and 7 this evening. Now there IS a more interesting news item
cuckoo
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11:10pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Lord Palmerstone wrote:FFS! What would your comments have been IF the fire had transpired to be more serious?? I find it hard to believe that the Emergency Services (not just the fire service) would have responded in such an extreme way...and yes! I witnessed multiple fire engines/police cars heading at speed along the Slade towards Wood Farm......UNLESS they had been given information that a potentially catastrophic event might occur!
Our dog broke wind 7 times between 6 and 7 this evening. Now there IS a more interesting news item
Please don't demean yourself by replying the likes of "Oh, well, they must have been having a quiet shift" etc.
Lord Palmerstone
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7:38am Wed 9 Jan 13
mazza2
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9:09am Wed 9 Jan 13
Sandy Wimpole-Smythe
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10:50am Wed 9 Jan 13
mazza2 wrote:Standard procedure I think for fires in high rise blocks as it is with hospitals etc.
I am relieved that no one was injured and admire the emergency services, but was surprised by 6 Fire Engines turning up for a small kitchen fire. I feared it was something more major. Thank goodness it wasn't.
mazza2
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3:35pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Sandy Wimpole-Smythe wrote:That makes sense Sandy
mazza2 wrote:Standard procedure I think for fires in high rise blocks as it is with hospitals etc.
I am relieved that no one was injured and admire the emergency services, but was surprised by 6 Fire Engines turning up for a small kitchen fire. I feared it was something more major. Thank goodness it wasn't.
Noodle999
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12:19pm Fri 11 Jan 13
mazza2 wrote:A fire in a high-rise block is an extremely dangerous situation for Firefighters and logistically very demanding. They have to get sufficient water and equipment to a high level in the block, set up hoses to apply that water to the fire and manage the risk caused by the high winds encountered at high levels which can turn a flat into a fatal blowtorch at any moment. In Southampton in 2010 two Firefighters were killed and a number of others sustained serious burns in a high-rise flat fire. In Stevenage in 2005, two Firefighters were killed in exactly the same kind of wind-driven blowtorch effect I describe above.
I am relieved that no one was injured and admire the emergency services, but was surprised by 6 Fire Engines turning up for a small kitchen fire. I feared it was something more major. Thank goodness it wasn't.
The Fire and Rescue Service have to send enough resources to an incident to safely deal with what may be occuring and if when they arrive it is less serious, this is very fortunate for both the occupier of the flat and the Firefighters who have to deal with it.
Busybody1 says...
7:22pm Tue 8 Jan 13