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Thread: Soho Fire London
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14-07-2009, 03:40 AM #1
Soho Fire London
Been catchin up on the news and came across this article:
http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelon...in-dean-street
"A witness said he had spoken to the building’s owner: "He told me the fire started because of a short circuit in the air-conditioning. Ironically the air con was due to be replaced because they knew it needed fixing and said they were going to get a new one."
Looking at the pics appears they had splits and VRF's as you can see the outdoor units:
Very first picture taken at the rear of the building you can see the VRF units.
Last picture seems to be taken at the rear of the building from another roof, notice all the splits on the roof next door, these were all destroyed by the fire it seems.
Just wondered if anyone else had come across anything similar before with buildings on fire and a/c as the main suspect.
Would this sort of building had fan coil units or ducted systems being such an old building?Last edited by back2space; 14-07-2009 at 03:49 AM. Reason: added more pics
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14-07-2009, 06:08 PM #2
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Hi Backtospace.
Interesting post, quite scary if you think about it.
I bet it involves synthetic oils!
Thanks for your efforts to show us!
Appreciated.
Grizzly
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14-07-2009, 08:35 PM #3
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14-07-2009, 08:37 PM #4
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Unfortunately a 'short circuit' can be caused by anything electrical whether it was about to be replaced or brand new.
A local 'witness' always knows more than the forensic specialist from the fire brigade of course, especially if the paper asking the question is the SunBrian - Newton Abbot, Devon, UK
Retired March 2015
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14-07-2009, 08:58 PM #5
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Was this fire on Friday afternoon?
You may believe it or not but I was in the vicinity that day. We saw the smoke and wondered what happened.It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
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14-07-2009, 10:28 PM #6
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14-07-2009, 10:29 PM #7
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14-07-2009, 11:27 PM #8
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The aircon units (particularly the vrf) seem to be close to the source but not actually where the fire seems to be burning. Was it one of those news reporters who 'thought he heard someone say it was a short on an aircon unit?'
About the best thing you can deduce from all of this is that there was a fire, and the fire brigade or whoever, will trace it down to the actual source and we will hear about it in a few months or so. And don't be surprised to hear it was a cigarette thrown out of a window, landing on some rubbish that should have been cleared away.
Nice pics, though.
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14-07-2009, 11:41 PM #9
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Need to find the name of the firm maintaining the air con unit that caught fire, so we can check them out with refcom and quidos then report back . This sort of thing wouldn't happen with registration.
Transvestites are men who like to eat, drink, and be Mary.
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15-07-2009, 12:18 AM #10
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15-07-2009, 01:02 AM #11
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15-07-2009, 04:47 PM #12
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So much supposition and no facts available yet but hey, let's shoot someone anyway.
Brian - Newton Abbot, Devon, UK
Retired March 2015
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15-07-2009, 07:40 PM #13
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I was in the vicinity and I'm not supposed to be there
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
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17-07-2009, 09:47 PM #14
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17-07-2009, 11:09 PM #15
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Yeh the building is gutted all the floors fell through so I bet this makes the fire investigation harder.
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