Fire Fighters battle blaze at the MCG

[pies4ever]

i just saw on Ch7 news that firefighters are battling a blaze in the new Olympic Stand at the MCG.

[David]

bloody hell do you reckon that will affect MCG games next week?

[Proud Pies]

not in the ponsford.......my seat is safe

[fan4collingwood]

Only a dozen seats damage, thats good, we want them all available for the Grand Final!

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20301922-661,00.html

Fire damages MCG grandstandMatthew Schulz

August 30, 2006 12:00am
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A FIRE at the MCG this morning that destroyed part of the northern grandstand is suspected to have been triggered by welders working at the rear of the new stand.

As many as 300 people were evacuated from the ground when the fire broke out about 9.50am.

Passing motorists and MCG staff were among the first to notice smoke billowing from the stand, after plastic seating caught fire at 9.50am.

About two dozen seats were destroyed, and up to five window panels and part of the roof were damaged in the brief fire, which was brought under control in less than 20 minutes.

Five fire trucks arrived almost immediately, the first within four minutes, as firefighters raced to protect the Melbourne icon.

“With the rate of spread with plastics, it wouldn’t have taken long for it to get taken hold,” fire commander Lou Mele said at the scene.

“We’ve got some tradesmen doing some hot works at the rear of the northern stand. We think that’s the cause.

“Fortunately, because our response time was so good with five trucks straight away, we’ve brought it quickly under control.

“It could have been a lot worse.

A fire truck remained on scene this morning to monitor for further outbreak.

[Syd_Magpies_Girl]

Holy crap!!! They are lucky to be able to put that out so quickly, because plastic is so hard to put out and spreads so quickly, not to mention the fumes are really bad!

[Magpie 24]

Good points.

[Dr Alf Andrews]

Maybe they could have a fire sale for those dozen seats for the Grand Final:

ABSOLUTELY GOTTA GO ... NOT $5,000 ... NOT $1,000 .... WHATTYA RECKON ... $500 ... NO FREAKIN WAY ... NO ... NOT EVEN $199 ... 12 PARTLY DAMAGED GRAND FINAL SEATS HAVE GOTTA GO ... THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY GOTTA GO ... FOR? ... WHAT DID YA SAY? ... $49 ... NO FREAKIN WAY, JOSE ... NOT $39 ... NOT $29 ... THESE PARTLY FIRE DAMAGED SEATS TO THE 2006 AFL GRAND FINAL ARE YOURS ... YES ALL YOURS ... FOR THE AMAZING PRICE OF ... WHAT? ... NO ... NOT $24.95 ... NOT $25.94 ... NOT $19.99 ... NOT $19.76 ... NOT $9.99 ... NOT $1.99 ... YOURS, CUSTOMERS ... THAT'S RIGHT ... ALL YOURS ... FOR THE AMAZING PRICE OF ... WHATCHA SAY? ... 99 CENTS? ... YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ... WHO'D PAY 99 CENTS FOR A PARTLY FIRE-DAMAGED GRAND FINAL SEAT? ... WE'RE GIVING THESE SEATS AWAY ... THAT'S RIGHT, CUSTOMERS, WE'RE GIVING THESE SEATS AWAY ... FOR $150 ... provided you're a fully paid up social club member and are lucky enough to win the raffle