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A sobering report from the climate frontline.
David | 02.08.22 - 8:11 a.m. | #
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Seems like the other side of that tombstone is more interesting.
Alan | 02.08.22 - 8:34 a.m. | #
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I’ve always been interested in forest fires/urban firestorms and I didn’t think the 21st century I would see something like this in the UK. We were so fortunate that the wind was light during the hottest weather otherwise it would have been hundreds of homes burning down rather than dozens.
David | 02.08.22 - 8:45 a.m. | #
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Too soon?
Frank F | 02.08.22 - 8:49 a.m. | #
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Really interesting and well-written article - thanks. I wasn't aware that more than one group of houses were affected.
Peter of London | 02.08.22 - 9:00 a.m. | #
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Thank you for taking the time to visit the area. In my opinion your photos and report give a much better appraisal of the fire than any TV or newspapers I have seen
John | 02.08.22 - 9:01 a.m. | #
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the fire started in a compost heap ?? wow
Caroline | 02.08.22 - 9:13 a.m. | #
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I wonder if the houses will be replaced by flats.
Still Anon | 02.08.22 - 9:33 a.m. | #
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A very sobering and sensitively written post.
2018 stands out in my mind as a year that started with 'The Beast from the East' which was swiftly followed by the hottest summer and worst drought since 1976.
Yet here we are again, just 4 years later, with even higher temperatures and less rainfall.
Cornish Cockney | 02.08.22 - 10:19 a.m. | #
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I echo John
scrumpy | 02.08.22 - 10:30 a.m. | #
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I was amazed, when volunteering at a local grand garden, to be shown the compost heap and see the vast quantity of heat generated by the de-composition process. I later learned that before other forms of heating were available, such heat was utilised to raise temperatures in greehouses during winter, in order to grow exotic fruits for grand tables.
cau1khead | 02.08.22 - 10:46 a.m. | #
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Might be time to get rid of our compost heap. Good lord.
MK | 02.08.22 - 11:32 a.m. | #
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The Wennington fire may have been started in a compost heap. Its source will be fully investigated, eventually, and we will then know.
But such things are very rare. Rather than doing away with compost heaps, many more fires could be prevented by addressing the much more frequent fire-starters, of careless tobacco smoking, and barbecues.
Malcolm of Kent | 02.08.22 - 12:21 p.m. | #
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I totally agree with John.
Neesi | 02.08.22 - 4:32 p.m. | #
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Living in Rainham, there are rumours that it wasn't a compost heap that started the blaze, but since they are just that, rumours, I shan't spread more widely. Either way, it is a tragedy for those affected and all too close to home from my perspective. That said, there are continual fires half a mile or so up the road where (I believe) an old landfill site keeps setting alight - the A1306 has been shut numerous times already this year while firefighters attend. I dread to think what could happen if the wrong circumstances arise again - there is a lot of cinder dry grassland around
Steve1 | 03.08.22 - 9:12 p.m. | #
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Looking at the ITV video (the conflagration link), it looks like many of the terraced houses had no dividing wall in the loft, although one house had one retro built in block.
It was quite common for earlier terraces to be built this way with, perhaps, a dividing wall about every 5-6 houses. This meant that no individual house had its own loft, rather a 'communal loft' with all houses having access to the space above their neighbours bedrooms. Indeed, a person could walk along from one end to the other.
Not the best of things for security, but worse, it was a real fire risk. A fire in one house could easily spread to others via the loft space. I wonder if there would have been so much damage to the terrace if each house had a fully dividing brick wall in the loft.
rogmi | 04.08.22 - 11:31 a.m. | #
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BBC local news report speaking to one of those who lost his family home on The Green.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.08.22 - 3:47 p.m. | #
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