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Journey by Journey => Transport for London => Topic started by: infoman on July 12, 2022, 06:21:45



Title: Sky news showing wooden beams on fire
Post by: infoman on July 12, 2022, 06:21:45
its only in photos,but its in the Battersea are of London quite frightening really.


Title: Re: Sky news showing wooden beams on fire
Post by: broadgage on July 13, 2022, 03:31:39
Here is another report about what I presume to be the same incident.

https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/dramatic-pictures-show-south-london-24461011 (https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/dramatic-pictures-show-south-london-24461011)


Title: Re: Sky news showing wooden beams on fire
Post by: Electric train on July 13, 2022, 06:38:45
Fires in third rail are quite common, an arc from the shoe gear setting litter alight which in extreme situations will catch wooden sleeps and timber alight especially high risk with the current long dry spell with high temperatures



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