old'un Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Spring Wood, Haxby, on the news this morning a house was completely destroyed by a massive explosion.http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2016-02-19/explosion-at-a-house-in-north-yorkshire/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Looks like gas 1 reported casualty :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulpesvulpes Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I live 3 miles away and it still shook the Windows, and a very loud bang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 It must have been a fair gas leak, but then i suppose it would only have to get to a certain level then a fridge kick in, or anything switched would give it the spark. R.I.P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Sad day for the fatality & his relatives. RIP Footage on the tv news was surprising....most of the street took a fair wallop too. Surprised there weren't more casualties with the number of windows blown in & the shrapnel produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 The story will come out in time, You have to wonder how you can get that big a build up without the person noticing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 the most explosive mix is only 20% gas to 80% air Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3ave Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 The aerial footage shows the amount of damage, even the roof tiles 2 doors away http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14288142.HAXBY_EXPLOSION__Man__63__who_died_named_locally__house_is_destroyed__12_more_homes_damaged__With_video_and_aerial_photos/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3ave Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 The aerial footage shows the amount of damage, even the roof tiles 2 doors away http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14288142.HAXBY_EXPLOSION__Man__63__who_died_named_locally__house_is_destroyed__12_more_homes_damaged__With_video_and_aerial_photos/ The story below this one, with another fire at the other side of York within a couple of hours shows the seriousness of the cutbacks in the fire services when they had to get engines from Tadcaster and Malton to help out........ and they are talking of cutting back more and using men in vans with extinguishers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildrover77 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Firefighters are overpaid and underworked. We do not have the same number of fires to day that we did 20 years ago. We can't afford to have teams of guys sitting in a fire station playing pool so they can go a fight a fire once a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 wow. that last comment. just wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuddster Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 not to mention the daytime cash jobs. last kitchen we had fitted-the 'electrician' was a fireman on his day off. f. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston72 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Firefighters are overpaid and underworked. We do not have the same number of fires to day that we did 20 years ago. We can't afford to have teams of guys sitting in a fire station playing pool so they can go a fight a fire once a week. say that when your kids are screaming in a burning house and your stood there watching them burn , while somebody else risks there life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Astonishing photographs. LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wascal Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Firefighters are overpaid and underworked. We do not have the same number of fires to day that we did 20 years ago. We can't afford to have teams of guys sitting in a fire station playing pool so they can go a fight a fire once a week. +1 I got drafted for the last fire strike we averaged a car/bin fire every 8 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 cool. so the solution is have them sit at home unpaid until a fire ( because all they deal with is fires, no RTAS no chemical spills, no unsafe structures, no rescues etc ) then call them in. I'm sure no one will moan when it adds 40 mins to them attending. If I call them out to cut someone from a car ill be sure to say "sorry to ruin your game of pool chaps" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James1983 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Firefighters are overpaid and underworked. We do not have the same number of fires to day that we did 20 years ago. We can't afford to have teams of guys sitting in a fire station playing pool so they can go a fight a fire once a week. Wow and just wow!!!!! I have worked with the emergency services and seen first hand the work the fire fighters do and the comment above is just shocking! Yes the police take the **** and call them water fairys and take the Micky but they deserve every penny they earn from the first hand experience I had with what they deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 (edited) Hmm, having known fire fighters over many years, some in extremely senior positions, I have to say that from what I could gather, it wasn't terribly busy a lot of the time. I guess though, that entirely depends on where you are stationed. Whilst their can be no doubting their bravery, and nor should there be any belittling of what other support services they provide, it has to be said that the service does require some lateral thinking in terms of how to run an effective but cost efficient service in the future. For instance, assuming that we can no longer afford to pay people to do nothing, for the majority of the time, and given that we need more Police, and that we already have specialised Police services, perhaps, just maybe, there may be some mileage in merging the two services, so that you have a smaller core of very specialised staff in stations with the majority on-call providing support services for the community or Police but also specialist and equipped enough to handle spills, car fires and the like without requiring the full call out? Just thinking out loud... Of course, unions would hate that et cetera... Edited February 19, 2016 by mick miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-uk Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 There's a lot of fighting talk going on over Firefighters when some poor sod is dead and the neighbours are going to be homeless for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Very true, good point well presented. Apologies for my derailment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretagentmole Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) Wow and just wow!!!!! I have worked with the emergency services and seen first hand the work the fire fighters do and the comment above is just shocking! Yes the police take the **** and call them water fairys and take the Micky but they deserve every penny they earn from the first hand experience I had with what they deal with. The only experience we had recently they could not even manage water fairies, the daft ******* ran out of water fighting a car fire! That said, I for one would not like their job! Edited February 20, 2016 by secretagentmole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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