Mill Fire

[poliphilo]

My mother-in-law rang around nine. She wanted to know what all the black smoke was about. I hadn't noticed it myself, so I went outside- and there it was boiling up behind the housetops. Not only smoke, but flakes of fire. A passer-by said it was the mill belonging- "excuse my french- to that robbing bastard". We knew exactly who he meant. 
 
Ailz and I got into the car and went to have a gawp, but the streets were clogged, so we gave up- and drove home- and I set out again on foot to find a viewpoint.

A crowd had gathered at a point halfway up Honeywell Lane- where we could look through the gates of an adjoining property right into the heart of the blaze. By the time I arrived the walls were gone- and the fire was roaring away among the girders. Every time a really tall flame went up the crowd cheered. 



This morning the air smells of char, the newspapers assure us no-one was hurt- and rumours are flying.

Comments

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

The wrath of God is wondrous to behold :)

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Trouble at t'mill?

[mamarose.livejournal.com]

A few years ago I was visiting a friend and the lumberyard in her town burned. When puffs of flame lit the night sky, the gathered crowd gasped. Upon reading of your cheering to a similar situation I just had to follow your link. What a terrible person! Do you suppose he set fire to the place for the money? I'm sure that's amongst the rumors flying about. I hope that's not the case, I hope this is some sort of natural justice being played out.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I followed the Wikipedia link, too. Apparently there were attempts to torch his residence in the past.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

This morning the air smells of char...

Karma's calling card. :-)

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Do you think it was the owner, having a non-paying business torched in order to collect the insurance? Just a thought...

[sovay]

A passer-by said it was the mill belonging- "excuse my french- to that robbing bastard". We knew exactly who he meant.

I just hope no one else is going to pay for his karmic payback . . .

Those are beautiful pictures, though: both the fire and its aftermath.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

That orange picture is MARVELOUS, Tony.

(Our news this morning is that a major tire recycle lot is on fire, black tarry smoke pouring into the sky...it may burn for days, even with rain; the warehouse, also on fire, was filled with tires as well as old tires piled in the lot.)