Douglas Eyre fire

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Six fire engines and around 30 firefighters dealt with a blaze on the proposed site of the 23 storey tower block development at the top of Douglas Eyre playing field on Wednesday (30th July 08).

Around fifty tonnes of tyres and rubbish were damaged at the site next to the Blackhorse Road Overground station. The fire brigade were called at about 2.30 in the afternoon and had the fire under control by just gone 6.30PM. Fire fighters remained to damp down the fire well into the next day and thick smoke was still drifting across Forest Road at 1.30am Thursday morning.

The sight of dozens of fire crew hanging around the area all day did appear to raise the spirits of some locals I noticed, although investigations as to the cause of the fire are underway.  Fire hoses stretched from the playing field up Hawarden Road, all the way to Blackhorse Road and across to the Standard side of Forest Road (with cars having to drive over them using makeshift ramps once the road had reopened).

Local residents Richard & Gill took some fantastic pictures (above) which you can see on their Flickr site here.

There’s another great wide shot of all the smoke on the horizon here.

Did anyone else get any shots we could put up on the website, email here.