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Big fire Ellesmere Port Refinery #1058059 22nd Aug 2018 6:32pm 22nd Aug 2018 6:32pm
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,032 Heswallish F fish5133 OP Forum Guardian
fish5133 OP Forum Guardian F Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,032 Heswallish	Spotted on talk talk website. Nothing on BBC as yet. Presume its been put out as news story was at 11am https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2018/08/22/firefighters-tackle-blaze-at-major-oil-refinery/?guccounter=1

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Re: Big fire Ellesmere Port Refinery [Re: fish5133] #1058073 22nd Aug 2018 8:08pm 22nd Aug 2018 8:08pm
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granny Wiki Master Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 17,175 Wirral	It was mentioned on Sky News at 6pm, but only vey briefly and didn't say if it had been put out or not. Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle

Re: Big fire Ellesmere Port Refinery [Re: fish5133] #1058080 22nd Aug 2018 9:03pm 22nd Aug 2018 9:03pm
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,395 Birkenhead diggingdeeper Wiki Master
diggingdeeper Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,395 Birkenhead	Originally Posted by fish5133 Spotted on talk talk website. Nothing on BBC as yet. Presume its been put out as news story was at 11am https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2018/08/22/firefighters-tackle-blaze-at-major-oil-refinery/?guccounter=1 BBC announced it at the same time as most of the other media ie when it came through the news agencies. The 11:14am time on that post is false, they would have needed a crystal ball to state the fire brigade were called at 2:16pm. The fire was put out a few hours ago. The further you are down the pay scale, the more 'essential' you are when the s--- hits the fan... Sue Farbysmith 2020 Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill - Charles Caleb Colton We don't do charity in Germany, We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

Re: Big fire Ellesmere Port Refinery [Re: fish5133] #1058087 23rd Aug 2018 3:16pm 23rd Aug 2018 3:16pm
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Greenwood Guardian G Joined: May 2011 Posts: 888 Greasby	It wasn't in the actual refinery bit of the site, apparently. I passed on the M53 just before it went up - noticed a larger than usual flare from the top of a stack, but no big cloud of smoke as in the photos. Thank goodness no-one was hurt. Could have been a lot worse.

Re: Big fire Ellesmere Port Refinery [Re: Greenwood] #1058089 23rd Aug 2018 4:52pm 23rd Aug 2018 4:52pm
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fish5133 OP Forum Guardian F Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,032 Heswallish	Originally Posted by Greenwood It wasn't in the actual refinery bit of the site, apparently. I passed on the M53 just before it went up - noticed a larger than usual flare from the top of a stack, but no big cloud of smoke as in the photos. Thank goodness no-one was hurt. Could have been a lot worse. Always wondered if the refinery went up would we become an island

Re: Big fire Ellesmere Port Refinery [Re: fish5133] #1058091 23rd Aug 2018 5:49pm 23rd Aug 2018 5:49pm
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,395 Birkenhead diggingdeeper Wiki Master
diggingdeeper Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,395 Birkenhead	Originally Posted by fish5133 Originally Posted by Greenwood It wasn't in the actual refinery bit of the site, apparently. I passed on the M53 just before it went up - noticed a larger than usual flare from the top of a stack, but no big cloud of smoke as in the photos. Thank goodness no-one was hurt. Could have been a lot worse. Always wondered if the refinery went up would we become an island We already are, the Ellesmere Canal joins the Manchester Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port and the River Dee at Chester. So we are completely surrounded by water via the sea, two rivers and two canals.. The further you are down the pay scale, the more 'essential' you are when the s--- hits the fan... Sue Farbysmith 2020 Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill - Charles Caleb Colton We don't do charity in Germany, We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

Re: Big fire Ellesmere Port Refinery [Re: fish5133] #1058112 24th Aug 2018 9:37am 24th Aug 2018 9:37am
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Habdab Old Hand H Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 357 Wallasey	Shropshire Union Canal, not the Ellesmere Canal. Fetere sum, ego sum Ergo

Re: Big fire Ellesmere Port Refinery [Re: Habdab] #1058113 24th Aug 2018 9:56am 24th Aug 2018 9:56am
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,395 Birkenhead diggingdeeper Wiki Master
diggingdeeper Wiki Master Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,395 Birkenhead	Originally Posted by Habdab Shropshire Union Canal, not the Ellesmere Canal. Between Chester and Ellesmere Port it is called the Ellesmere Canal. It is classed as part of the Shropshire Union Canal for administrative purposes. The further you are down the pay scale, the more 'essential' you are when the s--- hits the fan... Sue Farbysmith 2020 Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill - Charles Caleb Colton We don't do charity in Germany, We pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn

Re: Big fire Ellesmere Port Refinery [Re: fish5133] #1058114 24th Aug 2018 11:53am 24th Aug 2018 11:53am
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Greenwood Guardian G Joined: May 2011 Posts: 888 Greasby	I think Wallasey used to be pretty much an island at high tide. A Stanlow-instigated island would be rather more traumatic! Redevelopment of Ellesmere Port would certainly be necessary. Doesn't bear thinking about, really.