Shannon Dry Cleaners fire

hairyfairy00

My friend just posted/shared these videos a few minutes ago. Fire looks pretty intense, hope no one is injured.
Apologies to those who don't have a facebook account and can't view the videos, maybe a mod could repost for others!
Shannon Dry Cleaners Fire
Dry Cleaners..........

Gadgetman496

Looks well nasty

hairyfairy00

Looks totally gutted

Redo91

Jesus looks like two cars have caught fire in front of it too. Feel awful for anyone involved. Main thing is nobody seems to have been hurt.

hairyfairy00

My friend is there at the moment, he says the post office is on fire now

Gadgetman496

thesandeman

At the risk of turning this into a traffic thread, Prospect Hill is still closed just in case anybody is planning on heading out that way to work or whatever.
Will be interesting to see if the tunnel holds up after all these years.

TerrorFirmer

If you look at the videos from earlier this morning, the building is just an empty, gutted shell now. Thankfully appears adjoining buildings are OK. Some cars parked outside destroyed as well.

Galway Bay fm newsroom - Several units of the fire brigade were called out overnight to tackle a major blaze which has gutted a well known city business.

Emergency services arrived at the scene at Shannon Dry Cleaners at Prospect Hill shortly after midnight.

Large crowds gathered as fire crews battled the blaze, which completely engulfed and gutted the single story, mainly glass fronted building.

Four units of the fire brigade remained at the scene until just after 5am.

It's understood no-one was injured during the incident, however, the road remains closed this morning as Gardai say the structure is unsafe.

Motorists traveling in or out of the city are being advised to expect serious traffic delays this morning as a result.

Gardai say they're investigating the circumstances surrounding the fire.

Gadgetman496

It's well gutted for sure this morning

CINCLANTFLT

ah feck.. I have two suits and an overcoat in there for cleaning!

Mrs OBumble

CINCLANTFLT wrote: »

ah feck.. I have two suits and an overcoat in there for cleaning!

Had.

I suspect that the people who owned the place and who worked there are a little more upset about this than you are ....

TheSegal

thesandeman wrote: »

Will be interesting to see if the tunnel holds up after all these years.

What's this tunnel you mentioned??

Storm 10

TheSegal wrote: »

What's this tunnel you mentioned??

The tunnel for the old Clifden Railway ran under that area, you can see the tunnel entrance if you walk to the end of the platform at the station and look to your left.

gordongekko

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Had.

I suspect that the people who owned the place and who worked there are a little more upset about this than you are ....

They would have insurance. But that might be his lucky suit.

joeKel73

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

I suspect that the people who owned the place and who worked there are a little more upset about this than you are ....

No doubt, but it doesn't take away from the fact that the man just lost two suits.

CINCLANTFLT

J o e wrote: »

No doubt, but it doesn't take away from the fact that the man just lost two suits.

Thanks... any idea where I stand here... 1 is boss and cost about €500 but about 2 years ago... the other was M&S and was about €200 about 6 weeks ago... the overcoat was from 1999 and cost me about £800 (punts)...

Breaston Plants

CINCLANTFLT wrote: »

Thanks... any idea where I stand here... 1 is boss and cost about €500 but about 2 years ago... the other was M&S and was about €200 about 6 weeks ago... the overcoat was from 1999 and cost me about £800 (punts)...

Should be well dry by now.....

Private Joker

CINCLANTFLT wrote: »

Thanks... any idea where I stand here... 1 is boss and cost about €500 but about 2 years ago... the other was M&S and was about €200 about 6 weeks ago... the overcoat was from 1999 and cost me about £800 (punts)...

I'm sure they have insurance that will cover some or all of the cost. Leave it a few days , let them try and process their own losses then contact them. they have been in business since the 60's, they're not a fly by night operation, i'm sure they're considering their customers losses

Gadgetman496

The end result:

The emergency services did well by all accounts.

bettycorsa

My beloved wedding dress was in the there. I was so upset to hear it was on fire. The dress cost over €2,500 and was only worn the once. It's not even the money but the sentimental value..I will never get it back but I do hope insurance will at least compensate somewhat for the lost of very expensive items.

CINCLANTFLT

Breaston Plants wrote: »

Should be well dry by now.....

But will they be clean?

El_Dangeroso

bettycorsa wrote: »

My beloved wedding dress was in the there. I was so upset to hear it was on fire. The dress cost over €2,500 and was only worn the once. It's not even the money but the sentimental value..I will never get it back but I do hope insurance will at least compensate somewhat for the lost of very expensive items.

So sorry to here that Betty, I got mine cleaned there before so my heart goes out to all the people who lost items of irreplaceable sentimental value

Your Face

Er yes, my em diamond encrusted armani suit was there too, I'd say it cost oh at least 3 million.

Mrs OBumble

gordongekko wrote: »

But that might be his lucky suit.

Events would suggest that it wasn't that lucky!






Re the question of where he stands - I suspect that's a question for your own contents insurance company in the first instance. But, ahh, don't be expecting much for the coat from last century!

Gadgetman496

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Events would suggest that it wasn't that lucky!

Depends on whether the glass is half empty or half full, he could have been wearing the suit :eek:

CINCLANTFLT

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

Depends on whether the glass is half empty or half full, he could have been wearing the suit :eek:

I hope I emptied the pockets first!

Arghus

Passed the place yesterday afternoon, when it was still standing.. As I walked by I thought, "Shannon Dry Cleaners reminds me of a fire station".

I blame myself.

BALLY BOY

My wife's 2 month old wedding dress went up in the blaze. Any details yet regards what insurance company is dealing with this issue to process our claims?
Mrs O bumble, there is no question relating to ''your own contents insurance company''

XR3i

i had seven work uniforms (made by jean paul gautier) in there to be dry cleaned, who should i send the bill to

Mrs OBumble

Ouch, some unfortunate wording from their website (yellow highlighting from me):






Lads, seriously, give it a day or two before asking about their insurance. These people have lost a substantial chunk of their business, likely staff have lost their jobs. And there's the horrible thought of - what if it had happened during the daytime, when people were working in there, which must be going thru the mind of every dry-cleaning worker in the country.

Poxyshamrock

XR3i wrote: »

i had seven work uniforms (made by jean paul gautier) in there to be dry cleaned, who should i send the bill to

Where do you work? :eek:

gordongekko

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Where do you work? :eek:

Penneys

Walked by there last night. It's amazing to think that the post office was relatively unscathed.

Gadgetman496

Deleted User wrote: »

Walked by there last night. It's amazing to think that the post office was relatively unscathed.

Considering it took hold so quickly, it had to be down to the skill of the fire crew? One member interviewed on radio yesterday said, in his 30 years of service he never witnessed any fire to escalate as quickly as that one, possibly due to the amount of cleaning chemicals on the premises.

civis_liberalis

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

possibly due to the amount of cleaning chemicals on the premises.

When I saw some of the videos of the fire crews beginning to tackle the fire, they made me quite nervous. Dry cleaning chemicals especially in big quantities could be in danger of causing an explosion for all we know.

Glad to hear nobody was injured at all.

It's funny, I was walking past it only last week and thought to myself that the building looked like a blast from the past. It's consigned to the past now anyway.

flazio

Shannon dry cleaners have another premises in Athlone so there is an outside chance your possessions are over there.

joeKel73

Deleted User wrote: »

Walked by there last night. It's amazing to think that the post office was relatively unscathed.

I'd say it was helped by the fact that the two buildings aren't actually connected - there's a bit of a gap so you'd have two full external walls to get through.

Raging_Ninja

If you make a claim, to whomever the claim is, make sure to go into as much detail as possible about the items as possible.

The insurance assessors will try to give you what they can get away with, so don't just say "suit", give them brand and dimensions and the fabric it was made from and as much other detail as possible, otherwise you'll just get the price of whatever is cheapest in Pennys.

J o e

J o e wrote: »

I'd say it was helped by the fact that the two buildings aren't actually connected - there's a bit of a gap so you'd have two full external walls to get through.

Are you sure? I know there's a gap between the houses, which thankfully aren't occupied, and the dry cleaners, but there doesn't seem to be any gap at all between that and the post office. I always thought the buildings were connected.

joeKel73

Yeah there is a bit of a gap - they're not directly connected

bobbyss

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

Considering it took hold so quickly, it had to be down to the skill of the fire crew? One member interviewed on radio yesterday said, in his 30 years of service he never witnessed any fire to escalate as quickly as that one, possibly due to the amount of cleaning chemicals on the premises.

Ah yes. Those highly flammable chemicals. Of course.

biko

You're trying to insinuate something but launderettes are actually quite fire prone.
There are even cases of clothes spontaneously combusting because of chemicals/oils on them.

So let's leave it for the experts to determine what happened.

thesandeman

J o e wrote: »

Yeah there is a bit of a gap - they're not directly connected

WOW!! That was quick.


*heads of to the Businesses Reopening thread*

bobbyss

The last 'Great Fire' in the city was the BOI in lower ESquare. Think also McDonagh's had a fire at some stage or other. Could be wrong on both counts. Never heard about their causes though. Anybody know why?

Arghus

You're on the case. Report back with whatever the stupid chief has to say.

bobbyss

biko wrote: »

You're trying to insinuate something but launderettes are actually quite fire prone.
There are even cases of clothes spontaneously combusting because of chemicals/oils on them.

So let's leave it for the experts to determine what happened.

There is a character in a Dickens' novel who spontaneously combusts. But I never heard of clothes combusting.

Where are these cases you refer to?

LoonyLovegood

bobbyss wrote: »

There is a character in a Dickens' novel who spontaneously combusts. But I never heard of clothes combusting.

Where are these cases you refer to?

My parents, in 2010. Went up in flames one night, my mother got woken up by the guards outside while I was away on a youth trip. The oils that can remain in some fabrics can lead to it, in that case the fire brigade were able to pinpoint the bag that had caused the fire.

I hope the staff and owners are alright with everything going on. They'll have insurance, give them a few days to get over everything and organise how it will happen, because with where the fire happened, if they had a computerised system that's potentially gone up in flames too.

Gadgetman496

LoonyLovegood wrote: »

if they had a computerised system that's potentially gone up in flames too.

Backup, backup, backup!!!!

Mrs OBumble

bobbyss wrote: »

There is a character in a Dickens' novel who spontaneously combusts. But I never heard of clothes combusting.

Where are these cases you refer to?

Well know phenomena. Read all about it. http://www.cultureofsafety.com/safety-tips/spontaneous-combustion-of-oily-rags/

bobbyss

I heard that the windows on the houses across the road were broken with the heat. It must have been intense. Whatever else, nobody was killed or injured.

GerardKeating

bobbyss wrote: »

The last 'Great Fire' in the city was the BOI in lower ESquare. Think also McDonagh's had a fire at some stage or other. Could be wrong on both counts. Never heard about their causes though. Anybody know why?

There was a big one in Riverside Park, on the Tuam Road a few years back, Westlink Car Sales and a few others units went up in flames.