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By *amien_Frostweaver OP   Man
9 weeks ago

motherwell

Seen a few lives on tiktok apparently the vape shop on union st went up about 4, the whole building above is now on fire, all trains have been cancelled

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By *4rk4ndL1ghtMan
9 weeks ago

Bonnybridge

So something online about a fire, hope no one has been hurt

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
9 weeks ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!


"Seen a few lives on tiktok apparently the vape shop on union st went up about 4, the whole building above is now on fire, all trains have been cancelled "
Just saw a video of the fire there and its not looking good for the station.

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By *amien_Frostweaver OP   Man
9 weeks ago

motherwell

The building collapsed!

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By *rvine32Man
9 weeks ago

Glasgow

Just heard it’s collapsed too. Apparently it started in the vape shop on Gordon St and spread from there

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
9 weeks ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!


"The building collapsed!"
Yeah its not looking too good sadly

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By *ilveryFoxMan
9 weeks ago

Midlothian

Look really bad

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By *espect11Man
9 weeks ago

Scotland

That's going to be a nightmare for commuters. Hope no-one hurt though

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By *obynsissyglaTV/TS
9 weeks ago

Glasgow

I loved that wee dome

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By *ennyjMan
9 weeks ago

falkirk

Hope anyone from surrounding area are all safe and well ...know a few city folk on here 💙.

And amazing bravery from our emergency services again .

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By *W1970Man
9 weeks ago

hamilton

I was just reading about this in the sky news app

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By *aurus1987Man
9 weeks ago

York

Just seen on insta. My sis says that the computers n stuff for the railways is in the next building

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By *lanenakedMan
9 weeks ago

irvine

Time to shut down all these bloody vape shops anyway. Bloody polluting the whole environment. How disgusting a 200 year old building survives all those years inc the war .. nobody thought to get a fire extinguisher or get the article on fire out of the building onto the street. So sad. We simply cannot have these huge fires burn out of control like this either, fire service hopelessly inadequately equipped .. those water hoses were literally doing nothing...

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By *aurus1987Man
9 weeks ago

York


"Time to shut down all these bloody vape shops anyway. Bloody polluting the whole environment. How disgusting a 200 year old building survives all those years inc the war .. nobody thought to get a fire extinguisher or get the article on fire out of the building onto the street. So sad. We simply cannot have these huge fires burn out of control like this either, fire service hopelessly inadequately equipped .. those water hoses were literally doing nothing... "

Don't you dare blame the fire service!!!

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By *otuseater11Man
9 weeks ago

kilwinning

As long as no one is hurt that's the main thing at the moment.

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
9 weeks ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!


"Time to shut down all these bloody vape shops anyway. Bloody polluting the whole environment. How disgusting a 200 year old building survives all those years inc the war .. nobody thought to get a fire extinguisher or get the article on fire out of the building onto the street. So sad. We simply cannot have these huge fires burn out of control like this either, fire service hopelessly inadequately equipped .. those water hoses were literally doing nothing... "
You need to do you homework

There was an atempt to put the fire out by a woman at the vape shop.

Whether she was a worker of the shop or maybe someone from a nearby shop Im not sure .

As for your last comment Im sure there will be an investigation into how the fire was dealt with but those poor guys who worked desperately to put the fire out need praise not criticism.

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
9 weeks ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!


"Time to shut down all these bloody vape shops anyway. Bloody polluting the whole environment. How disgusting a 200 year old building survives all those years inc the war .. nobody thought to get a fire extinguisher or get the article on fire out of the building onto the street. So sad. We simply cannot have these huge fires burn out of control like this either, fire service hopelessly inadequately equipped .. those water hoses were literally doing nothing...

Don't you dare blame the fire service!!!"

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
9 weeks ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!


"Time to shut down all these bloody vape shops anyway. Bloody polluting the whole environment. How disgusting a 200 year old building survives all those years inc the war .. nobody thought to get a fire extinguisher or get the article on fire out of the building onto the street. So sad. We simply cannot have these huge fires burn out of control like this either, fire service hopelessly inadequately equipped .. those water hoses were literally doing nothing... You need to do you homework

There was an atempt to put the fire out by a woman at the vape shop.

Whether she was a worker of the shop or maybe someone from a nearby shop Im not sure .

As for your last comment Im sure there will be an investigation into how the fire was dealt with but those poor guys who worked desperately to put the fire out need praise not criticism. "
I stand corrected it was infact a male who initially tried to extinguish the fire at the vape shop

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By *ingerChefKMan
9 weeks ago

edinburgh


"Time to shut down all these bloody vape shops anyway. Bloody polluting the whole environment. How disgusting a 200 year old building survives all those years inc the war .. nobody thought to get a fire extinguisher or get the article on fire out of the building onto the street. So sad. We simply cannot have these huge fires burn out of control like this either, fire service hopelessly inadequately equipped .. those water hoses were literally doing nothing... "

People tried to stop it. There’s videos. However they used the wrong extinguisher. They had ones for water, this was an electrical fire from the batteries.

Unfortunately lithium ion battery fired are very difficult to extinguish. Have a look there hundreds of videos of battery fires.

Add in old buildings with dated materials. It’s a recipe for disaster. Unfortunately it can happen; it does happen; and will no doubt happen again somewhere.

Just be thankful there was no injuries in a blaze that big

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By *amien_Frostweaver OP   Man
9 weeks ago

motherwell


"Time to shut down all these bloody vape shops anyway. Bloody polluting the whole environment. How disgusting a 200 year old building survives all those years inc the war .. nobody thought to get a fire extinguisher or get the article on fire out of the building onto the street. So sad. We simply cannot have these huge fires burn out of control like this either, fire service hopelessly inadequately equipped .. those water hoses were literally doing nothing...

People tried to stop it. There’s videos. However they used the wrong extinguisher. They had ones for water, this was an electrical fire from the batteries.

Unfortunately lithium ion battery fired are very difficult to extinguish. Have a look there hundreds of videos of battery fires.

Add in old buildings with dated materials. It’s a recipe for disaster. Unfortunately it can happen; it does happen; and will no doubt happen again somewhere.

Just be thankful there was no injuries in a blaze that big "

I know,ive seen ppl complaining online about the firefighters "not doing enough" apart from it was a lithium fire, there was the massive lcd billboard on the roof, so they were prob told to hang back, as it fell through the building was probably the right choice

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By *ingerChefKMan
9 weeks ago

edinburgh


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I know,ive seen ppl complaining online about the firefighters "not doing enough" apart from it was a lithium fire, there was the massive lcd billboard on the roof, so they were prob told to hang back, as it fell through the building was probably the right choice"

Firefighters have lost their lives in smaller fires so it was probably the right choice indeed.

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By *etfunky2Man
9 weeks ago

Howwood

So many small businesses in the studios face uncertain futures.

Hopefully see a change in legislation regarding the storing of these lithium batteries.

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By (user no longer on site)
9 weeks ago

It’s awful a friend of mine lost her business

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By *exymum07Woman
9 weeks ago

west lothian

Glad the hotel survived i had my first fab experiance in there

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By (user no longer on site)
9 weeks ago


"Glad the hotel survived i had my first fab experiance in there "

Vast majority of people in here had their first FAB experience in that Hotel

As already posted once the lithium in the batteries catch there is absolutely nothing the Fire Service can do except quell the flames and try to stop it spreading. A Vape shop with hundreds of batteries is going to explode as was seen, each and every battery just caused another explosion that ripped through that building

Yes it is lucky nobody got hurt

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By *UN-ALMan
9 weeks ago

East Aryshire

My daughter had her hair business in the building. So now ruined and will have to start from scratch.

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By *din-subMan
9 weeks ago

Edinburgh


"My daughter had her hair business in the building. So now ruined and will have to start from scratch. "

I had an itch removal business.

I’m going to have to start from scratch…..

Jokes aside, I hope your daughter can be back on her feet asap, and has the best support from her insurance company, and hopefully the Scottish government.

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By *un44Man
9 weeks ago

GLASGOW


"Time to shut down all these bloody vape shops anyway. Bloody polluting the whole environment. How disgusting a 200 year old building survives all those years inc the war .. nobody thought to get a fire extinguisher or get the article on fire out of the building onto the street. So sad. We simply cannot have these huge fires burn out of control like this either, fire service hopelessly inadequately equipped .. those water hoses were literally doing nothing... "

When a lithium ion battery goes on fire there is little to nothing that can be done to stop it. The only way to extinguish it is total submersion in water, so all the fire brigade can do is spray water on it. They would've been on a loosing battle from the start. The heat generated by these batteries is do intense that the chances of containing it is zero. So on that note make sure you dont keep these batteries on charge overnight and please please please dont buy cheap replacement batteries or chargers on line.

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By *ill Guy69Man
9 weeks ago

Glasgow


"My daughter had her hair business in the building. So now ruined and will have to start from scratch.

I had an itch removal business.

I’m going to have to start from scratch…..

Jokes aside, I hope your daughter can be back on her feet asap, and has the best support from her insurance company, and hopefully the Scottish government."

Yeah, hopefully insurance will cover it.. Scottish government payment= taxpayers...

Think we're all paying enough right now, and not covering 'vape'

shops..

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By (user no longer on site)
9 weeks ago

I think it’s incredibly sad and makes me feel pretty downbeat every time I see the photos. I guess when we live here we just take the surroundings for granted until these events happen.

What I’ve really disliked is the immediate racism that came out from the minority again, vape shop must be linked with illegals, any excuse to spout it.

A terrible fire happened, might have been an insurance job like some Facebook accounts suggest or it could have been a lithium battery or even a shite charger. Just is what it is. Making thing, no-one died thankfully

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By *ergie59Man
9 weeks ago

Aberdeenshire

Really sad for the people in Glasgow affected, thank you to the emergency services who risk their lives.

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By *din-subMan
8 weeks ago

Edinburgh


"My daughter had her hair business in the building. So now ruined and will have to start from scratch.

I had an itch removal business.

I’m going to have to start from scratch…..

Jokes aside, I hope your daughter can be back on her feet asap, and has the best support from her insurance company, and hopefully the Scottish government.

Yeah, hopefully insurance will cover it.. Scottish government payment= taxpayers...

Think we're all paying enough right now, and not covering 'vape'

shops.."

I was suggesting that all businesses are helped out, not just the vape shop.

There were lots of innocent businesses affected.

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