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In Topic: Penny For The Guy?
02 November 2007 - 05:39 PM
I seen a few kids in blackpool last weekend with guys, and i seen one somewhere else aswell, forgot where, so the tradition isnt dead, but it's pretty rare to see it these days!
In Topic: Liverpool 800th Birthday Fireworks
29 August 2007 - 10:36 PM
Job well done! it really was an excellent display all around, one of the best i've seen for a while.
Any ideas what happened at the Met afterwards? i heard there was fire engines called out for a fire that had started?
Anyways, cheers for the comment on the pics!
Any ideas what happened at the Met afterwards? i heard there was fire engines called out for a fire that had started?
Anyways, cheers for the comment on the pics!
In Topic: Smoke balls
04 December 2006 - 10:45 PM
What exactly are they? i know joke shops sell these blocks of compressed powder called smoke pellets, usually cost about £1 for 2 and they come in a couple of colours, im not sure if thats what you mean though?
In Topic: Major fire at fireworks factory
03 December 2006 - 09:08 PM
Some more updates...
Two firefighters have been killed in a major blaze at a fireworks depot, according to local MP Norman Baker.
At least 12 people have also been hurt, some seriously, in the fire at the premises near Halland in East Sussex.
Twelve ambulances, 10 fire engines, and an air ambulance attended Festival Fireworks at The Broyle from 1350 GMT.
Eye-witnesses have spoken of seeing a huge mushroom cloud of smoke from several miles away and fireworks have been exploding.
BBC reporter Rob Smith said the fire was still raging and fireworks were going off hours after the blaze started.
Seven casualties were taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton, including five from the emergency services.
Two of the seven are said to be in a serious but stable condition.
The other patients are being treated for burns and what are described as "limb injuries".
A spokesman for Eastbourne District General Hospital said five people injured in the fire had been taken there for treatment.
He added: "Four have since been discharged, and one other has non-life threatening injuries."
John Winter, whose brother owns the Festival Fireworks depot at Marley Farm, in Shortgate, told BBC News 24 there had been "an almighty bang, and the place shook".
He said his brother and family had managed to get out of the building safely, but their house had burnt down.
Residents in the area have been evacuated to Ringmer Community College.
It is understood the fireworks store is a concrete complex with steel doors.
Jo Hyne, who lives about 500m from the depot, said she heard a loud bang which she had thought at first was thunder.
She said there was "a colossal amount of smoke, and rockets going off", before a much larger explosion that shook her house.
Another eye-witness, Richard Mitchell, watched the drama unfold from outside a pub in Lewes Road, Ringmer.
"It was like a fireworks display with a fire in the middle of it," he said.
Claire Freeman, from Ringmer, had been eating in the Wok Inn next door to the depot when the fire broke out.
She said diners were evacuated to the car park at the time of the largest explosion.
She told the BBC news website: "Pieces of wood were falling, hissing into puddles around us, at which point we left pretty sharpish."
I had to laugh at the guy who said "it was like a fireworks display with a fire in the middle of it" state the obvious!
Two firefighters have been killed in a major blaze at a fireworks depot, according to local MP Norman Baker.
At least 12 people have also been hurt, some seriously, in the fire at the premises near Halland in East Sussex.
Twelve ambulances, 10 fire engines, and an air ambulance attended Festival Fireworks at The Broyle from 1350 GMT.
Eye-witnesses have spoken of seeing a huge mushroom cloud of smoke from several miles away and fireworks have been exploding.
BBC reporter Rob Smith said the fire was still raging and fireworks were going off hours after the blaze started.
Seven casualties were taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton, including five from the emergency services.
Two of the seven are said to be in a serious but stable condition.
The other patients are being treated for burns and what are described as "limb injuries".
A spokesman for Eastbourne District General Hospital said five people injured in the fire had been taken there for treatment.
He added: "Four have since been discharged, and one other has non-life threatening injuries."
John Winter, whose brother owns the Festival Fireworks depot at Marley Farm, in Shortgate, told BBC News 24 there had been "an almighty bang, and the place shook".
He said his brother and family had managed to get out of the building safely, but their house had burnt down.
Residents in the area have been evacuated to Ringmer Community College.
It is understood the fireworks store is a concrete complex with steel doors.
Jo Hyne, who lives about 500m from the depot, said she heard a loud bang which she had thought at first was thunder.
She said there was "a colossal amount of smoke, and rockets going off", before a much larger explosion that shook her house.
Another eye-witness, Richard Mitchell, watched the drama unfold from outside a pub in Lewes Road, Ringmer.
"It was like a fireworks display with a fire in the middle of it," he said.
Claire Freeman, from Ringmer, had been eating in the Wok Inn next door to the depot when the fire broke out.
She said diners were evacuated to the car park at the time of the largest explosion.
She told the BBC news website: "Pieces of wood were falling, hissing into puddles around us, at which point we left pretty sharpish."
I had to laugh at the guy who said "it was like a fireworks display with a fire in the middle of it" state the obvious!
In Topic: Major fire at fireworks factory
03 December 2006 - 05:43 PM
Some more info from yahoo
Firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a Sussex fireworks factory. Officials say people were injured when an explosion tore through the site. Eyewitnesses reported hearing a series of explosions and say smoke can be seen 10 miles away.
Police have declared a major incident at an industrial estate in Ringmer, near Lewes, East Sussex.
Ten appliances were sent to the factory at around 2pm and a mushroom cloud of smoke could be seen with debris falling across a large area.
Sky's Mark White, in Sussex, said the small community of Ringmer, halfway between Halland and Lewes, had been cordoned off as emergency services try to contain the fire.
He said: "It was around 1.30pm that this fire broke out. About 20 minutes later when the fire was really at its height there was a huge explosion."
Colin Turner, who lives near the factory, said he saw an air ambulance arrive at the scene.
He told Sky News: "Initially I was not sure what it was. Our house shook and we are three quarters of a mile, away.
"We did not realise what it was. We just rushed outside. We knew the fire was going. It was like a b**b had gone off.
"You could see the black smoke. It shook the house, the windows. Everything shook."
Firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a Sussex fireworks factory. Officials say people were injured when an explosion tore through the site. Eyewitnesses reported hearing a series of explosions and say smoke can be seen 10 miles away.
Police have declared a major incident at an industrial estate in Ringmer, near Lewes, East Sussex.
Ten appliances were sent to the factory at around 2pm and a mushroom cloud of smoke could be seen with debris falling across a large area.
Sky's Mark White, in Sussex, said the small community of Ringmer, halfway between Halland and Lewes, had been cordoned off as emergency services try to contain the fire.
He said: "It was around 1.30pm that this fire broke out. About 20 minutes later when the fire was really at its height there was a huge explosion."
Colin Turner, who lives near the factory, said he saw an air ambulance arrive at the scene.
He told Sky News: "Initially I was not sure what it was. Our house shook and we are three quarters of a mile, away.
"We did not realise what it was. We just rushed outside. We knew the fire was going. It was like a b**b had gone off.
"You could see the black smoke. It shook the house, the windows. Everything shook."
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