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Any word on what caused fire in halting site in carrickmines?

  • 01-11-2015 07:05PM
    #1
    mucksavage1985
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    Has there been any progress in the investigation into the fire at the halting site?


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  • #2
    vicwatson
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    Electrical me thinks


  • #3
    mucksavage1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭mucksavage1985


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Electrical me thinks

    Not what part of the electrical system was it do u think?????


  • #4
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,417 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    mucksavage1985 wrote: »
    Not what part of the electrical system was it do u think?????

    Not an electrician


  • #5
    mucksavage1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭mucksavage1985


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Electrical me thinks

    Not what part of the electrical system was it do u think?????


  • #6
    vicwatson
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    http://www.evoke.ie/news/carrickmines-fire-cause-investigation-accidental


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  • #7
    Tzardine
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    I heard they were melting stolen copper.

    I am not trolling.


  • #8
    mucksavage1985
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    http://www.evoke.ie/news/carrickmines-fire-cause-investigation-accidental

    So it was either an open flame electrical or gas. They really have narrowed it down haven't they


  • #9
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,820 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Im no fire expert but I'd say it was some form of fuel combined with a source of ignition.


  • #10
    Barry Badrinath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Barry Badrinath


    Tzardine wrote: »
    I heard they were melting stolen copper.

    I am not trolling.

    I have also heard this. It's not the cause though.


  • #11
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,210 ✭✭✭pablo128


    Tzardine wrote: »
    I heard they were melting stolen copper.

    I am not trolling.

    Copper has a melting point of 1085 degrees celsius. Have a think about that for a minute.


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  • #12
    mucksavage1985
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    Wolf Hanssen wrote: »
    I have also heard this. It's not the cause though.

    How about a bypassed electrical meter? There was a lot of ESB men in site after?


  • #13
    FortySeven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,295 ✭✭✭FortySeven


    pablo128 wrote: »
    Copper has a melting point of 1085 degrees celsius. Have a think about that for a minute.

    It's not the copper they melt. It is the plastic wire casing they burn off.


  • #14
    mucksavage1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭mucksavage1985


    pablo128 wrote: »
    Copper has a melting point of 1085 degrees celsius. Have a think about that for a minute.

    They mean burning the PVC off the copper


  • #15
    Tzardine
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    pablo128 wrote: »
    Copper has a melting point of 1085 degrees celsius. Have a think about that for a minute.

    Oh yeah of course. Everybody knows the melting point of copper. How silly of me.


  • #16
    Barry Badrinath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Barry Badrinath


    mucksavage1985 wrote: »
    How about a bypassed electrical meter? There was a lot of ESB men in site after?

    I have alao heard this but afaik it's also not the cause.


  • #17
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    mucksavage1985 wrote: »
    How about a bypassed electrical meter? There was a lot of ESB men in site after?

    I remember seeing the footage on RTE news, and they'd been getting "creative" with their connector blocks before the meter. That footage wasn't included for nothing.


  • #18
    kneemos
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    The speculation is unbecoming.


  • #19
    pablo128
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    FortySeven wrote: »
    It's not the copper they melt. It is the plastic wire casing they burn off.
    mucksavage1985 wrote: »
    They mean burning the PVC off the copper
    I know exactly what they do, thanks all the same.
    Tzardine wrote: »
    Oh yeah of course. Everybody knows the melting point of copper. How silly of me.

    And you say you weren't trolling?


  • #20
    haveringchick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭haveringchick


    vicwatson wrote: »
    http://www.evoke.ie/news/carrickmines-fire-cause-investigation-accidental

    This just establishes that it wasn't arson
    I don't understand how people could think that the investigation into the death of 10 people should or could be completed in a few weeks
    The place was incinerated. They are literally sifting through ashes. Painstaking would be an appropriate word


  • #21
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    Im no fire expert but I'd say it was some form of fuel combined with a source of ignition.

    I'm reminded of a fire next to my house;

    Young rookie Fireman: "Do we know what started it?"
    Seasoned Fireman: "A flame"


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  • #22
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Thread closed.

    We are not here to speculate and nothing has been confirmed. Once it has a new thread can be opened.


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