Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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there seems to be some thing happening in the above,aparently there are several fire engines in attendace,there also has been a lot of twos and blues hareing past aycliffe constantly for the last hour or so.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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I hope nobody was injured, engine room fires can be nasty.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Yes Brian a great deal of fire engine activity...but cant see at the moment any evidence of it being anything major..ie no smoke rising over the Port or anything of that nature. However there are certainly a lot of appliances passing through. Fingers crossed for the best outcome.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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yes paul its a boiler that's caused the trouble.the dover express link has updated itself.if you look at the ferry berths you will see a ferry with the odd shaped funnel you will also see white and a small amount of black smoke coming out of the funnel.i think its the Dieppe seaways.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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ps,the a20 is now at a standstill up here at aycliffe.
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Above a Police ( correction: air ambulance ) helicopter arriving literally a few moments ago..
This is the Dieppe Seaways..
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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paul and brian very much on the ball there, thankfully the incident doesn't seem too serious.
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Hardly moves in hour stuck lol
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Have had a closer look at the larger version of picture...that is actually the Air Ambulance arriving in Post 7. Several other ambulances have been arriving too. Hope it is a 'just in case needed' situation.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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This is bring back a few nasty memories about the fire on the Seafreight Freeway, my husband acting as medical officer dealt with the aftermath.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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I hope this is not Ed's ship, I can't remember which he is on.
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Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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Thanks for the kind thoughts, Jan. Not my ship. The Dieppe Seaways is manned by French crew and is one of the original Superfast ferries. We were berthing on the Dover Seaways this afternoon when the incident happened. Apparently there was a large gout of white flame from a vent beneath the funnel, then there was quite a lot of smoke for half an hour or so. Problem with a boiler, I understand. There were masses of fire engines and other emergency vehicles massing on the docks, and the air ambulance landed on the lorry park. I took a load of photos and shall post some on Sea News in due course, only have a very slow internet link at the moment. Thankfully it sounds like nobody got seriously hurt.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Very good report thank you, but please before you post them make shore you will not get told off for doing it.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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That is a relief Ed, I did have my doubts but wanted to be sure.
According to BBC local news this morning three firemen are in hospital. I hope they suffer no lasting damage be it physical or mental.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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brings home the dangers our fire and rescue crews face in their work, fingers crossed for a full recovery for them.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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lets hopes so howard,just hope the crew members have no lasting effects of there injurys either.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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