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Old 09-09-2008, 12:30   #16
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Re: Fleetwood Pier Destroyed By Fire
well it must be a vast improvement now.
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Old 09-09-2008, 16:08   #17
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Re: Fleetwood Pier Destroyed By Fire
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How on Earth do piers keep catching fire?
Arson? Insurance scam? Squatters feeling chilly and lighing a fire? Idiot smoking and dropping matches/dog ends onto wooden planks?
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Old 09-09-2008, 16:37   #18
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Re: Fleetwood Pier Destroyed By Fire
to be honest willow, with all the rain we have had recently i doubt a dog end would have set fire to anything, it was set on fire in the early hours of this morning, other than arson the only other thing that it could have been is an electrical fault, but i'm sticking with the insurance scam
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Old 09-09-2008, 17:34   #19
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Re: Fleetwood Pier Destroyed By Fire
Just heard on the news that it wasn't insured so that puts paid to that theory.
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Old 09-09-2008, 18:01   #20
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hmmmmm, ok, maybe not insured but they will still have to demolish it, and build whatever it was they wanted to build on there
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Re: Fleetwood Pier Destroyed By Fire
When you own a pier do you actually own any land except for the entrance bit?

I wonder who will pay the massive sum of money to demolish it?
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When you own a pier do you actually own any land?
Depends whether the tide is in or out.
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Re: Fleetwood Pier Destroyed By Fire
Scrap METAL - they may not need to pay for demolition
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Old 09-09-2008, 18:48   #24
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Its some scam or other..........
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Old 09-09-2008, 19:04   #25
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Re: Fleetwood Pier Destroyed By Fire
Well he'll need to get back more than £500,000 to make any sort of profit. He'd probably be able to build on the bit where the entrance was but not much are in comparison to the whole of a pier is it?

No doubt we'll find out what caused it eventually.
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Arson? Insurance scam? Squatters feeling chilly and lighing a fire? Idiot smoking and dropping matches/dog ends onto wooden planks?
They do get a lot of 'Wino's' hanging around that area
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Re: Fleetwood Pier Destroyed By Fire
I reckon that's a more likely scenario. tramp drunk drops lighted match, inside, where there is a lot of rubbish and the rain hasn't soaked the wood.
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Re: Fleetwood Pier Destroyed By Fire
BBC NEWS | In Pictures | Your pictures: Fleetwood Pier fire
some really good photos from members of the public
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Re: Fleetwood Pier Destroyed By Fire
cheers for that wadey, the pics are good
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Its some scam or other..........
I think it was a Fishermans Friend that done it
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