Energie fitness Johnstown on fire

bitemybanger

Energie fitness formally Jakie Skellys burning now.
Was passing this morning and there was smoke billowing from all the windows. There were three fire engines there and I passed another two on the N3 en route.
What would be in a gym to cause such a large fire?

super_furry

A big insurance claim?

Plenty of electrical stuff that could go wrong I suppose.

swimgal

brought my gym gear with me this morning to go straight after work. looks like i won't be going now!!

Fiskar

Wounder if this is related to the traveller issues in Athlumney Abbey

bitemybanger

swimgal wrote: »

brought my gym gear with me this morning to go straight after work. looks like i won't be going now!!

Hope you won't be out of pocket with this.
How long have you left on your membership?

swimgal

i have just under a year left (15 month membership) but i mainly use their clubs in dublin after work so it's not too bad. was looking forward to going over this weekend though!

i wonder how bad the fire damage is. i know the club opens at 6am so the fire must of started while it was open.

bitemybanger

swimgal wrote: »

i have just under a year left (15 month membership) but i mainly use their clubs in dublin after work so it's not too bad. was looking forward to going over this weekend though!

i wonder how bad the fire damage is. i know the club opens at 6am so the fire must of started while it was open.

I took a walk over and what looks like remains of the sauna Is sitting outside the gym. Through the window at the roadside you can see black sut on the machines and the weights.
Still one fire engine at the scene, probably trying to establish the cause.
Dosnt look like it will be opening any time soon.

aidiewhitwham

I was in a class this morning and evacuated the building after fire alarms and we smoke rising up from downstairs. Fire was around 07:15.

RE: What could burn - not that much apart from the sauna/changing rooms which are all wood.
Fire was most likely to be from sauna in male changing room. Fire well contained but both floors were black with smoke until the firemen did their good thing.

FueledByAisling

aidiewhitwham wrote: »

I was in a class this morning and evacuated the building after fire alarms and we smoke rising up from downstairs. Fire was around 07:15.

RE: What could burn - not that much apart from the sauna/changing rooms which are all wood.
Fire was most likely to be from sauna in male changing room. Fire well contained but both floors were black with smoke until the firemen did their good thing.

I'm amazed by how people evacuated the building! In my branch the fire alarm is constantly going off in recent months and when it does nobody flinches! The first time it happened I was the only one out of about 50 people or more in the gym at the time to see if it was a false alarm or not!

bitemybanger

FueledByAisling wrote: »

I'm amazed by how people evacuated the building! In my branch the fire alarm is constantly going off in recent months and when it does nobody flinches! The first time it happened I was the only one out of about 50 people or more in the gym at the time to see if it was a false alarm or not!

I would imagine the plumes of thick smoke nailed home the fact its time to leave:D.
It was back open earlier this week.