Fountainbridge fire/possible explosion

[Swanny17]

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/fountainbridge-closed-due-to-major-building-fire-after-explosion-near-tollcross-primary-1-5001709

 

Hopefully no one hurt!! 

[Restonbabe]

Gas explosion.

Building is totally destroyed.

[AlphonseCapone]

Looks bad. Hopefully no casualties. 

[been here before]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ray Gin]

Looks a bad one.

[Janbo1874]

Roof still well alight 20 minutes ago.

Going to be some mess.

[N Lincs Jambo]

Jeez, just dropped my daughter off at her new uni accommodation on Fountainbridge on Sunday. This is about 400 yards away! Hopefully nobody injured in this. (daughter fine but aware of it).

[Deodato]

Tollcross Primary shut tomorrow. Speaking to some parents and they are in a state of shock. 

 

So close to the school gate. 

 

[jb102]

Is Topkapi open.

 

[been here before]

6 hours ago, Deodato said:

Tollcross Primary shut tomorrow. Speaking to some parents and they are in a state of shock. 

 

So close to the school gate. 

 

 

Why?

 

Im presuming the school would have been finished for the day.

[AlphonseCapone]

1 hour ago, been here before said:

 

Why?

 

Im presuming the school would have been finished for the day.

 

Why does it matter why? 

 

If they are, they are. 

[Swanny17]

2 hours ago, been here before said:

 

Why?

 

Im presuming the school would have been finished for the day.

 

There was kids playing in the playground, and had it happened an hour or so earlier, the street would have been extremely busy with children walking home. 

 

Thankfully, the explosion occurred at a time when no one was directly underneath the falling masonry otherwise there would have been fatalities. 

[Diadora Van Basten]

Bad news 1 dead:

 

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/one-dead-after-fountainbridge-building-fire-and-suspected-gas-explosion-1-5002099/amp?__twitter_impression=true

[Peebo]

12 hours ago, been here before said:

 

Why?

 

Im presuming the school would have been finished for the day.

Why are some people in shock about a fatal explosion yards from where their children attend school?!?!?

 

 

[been here before]

1 minute ago, Peebo said:

Why are some people in shock about a fatal explosion yards from where their children attend school?!?!?

 

 

 

No-one knew it was fatal till this afternoon.

 

Cheers though.

[Peebo]

8 minutes ago, been here before said:

 

No-one knew it was fatal till this afternoon.

 

Cheers though.

Perhaps not public knowledge, but those who were aware of the extent of the damage would have known it was a major incident, resulting in lots of damage and flying debris. The fact someone died is hardly surprising to anyone who has seen the damage at reasonably close quarters. 

 

This happening in late afternoon will have been particularly shocking to those of us who are often going about our business there at that time of day. 

Edited September 11, 2019 by Peebo

[Sharpie]

If that had happened here in B.C. the first thing people would be saying, drug lab. Thats how it is here now.,

[Peebo]

2 minutes ago, bobsharp said:

If that had happened here in B.C. the first thing people would be saying, drug lab. Thats how it is here now.,

And here it’s failed muslimoid bomb makers. 

[Machiavelli]

51 minutes ago, Peebo said:

And here it’s failed muslimoid bomb makers. 

Or shite gas men.

[Sharpie]

59 minutes ago, Peebo said:

And here it’s failed muslimoid bomb makers. 

 

Paranoia seems to hit every where for something.

[Mikey1874]

The man who died has been named 

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-49893712