Major Fire In Wigston

[Parafox]

We could see palls of black smoke from where we live in Hinckley. It seems an office block went up.

 

Looked bad.

[FoxesDeb]

[FoxesDeb]

My daughter's school thoughtfully sent me an email about it with the title 'major fire incident' so of course I initially thought it was the school on fire. 

[SystonFox]

Remember when b & q abbey lane went up?

[Zear0]

20 minutes ago, SystonFox said:

Remember when b & q abbey lane went up?

Yup. "There's only 24 letters in the alphabet because B&Q got burnt down" was the hottest joke at Highcliffe that week. 

[stripeyfox]

11 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

My daughter's school thoughtfully sent me an email about it with the title 'major fire incident' so of course I initially thought it was the school on fire. 

Christ on a bike! I can just imagine seeing that email in my inbox and absolutely crapping it!

 

We had a good view of the smoke from second floor window at Narborough.

 

Hopefully no one was hurt.

[FoyleFox]

13 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

My daughter's school thoughtfully sent me an email about it with the title 'major fire incident' so of course I initially thought it was the school on fire. 

 

I'm sure every parent receiving it did. Major Fire Incident IN WIGSTON would've been a lot better at not inducing a panic from parents.

 

2 hours ago, stripeyfox said:

Christ on a bike! I can just imagine seeing that email in my inbox and absolutely crapping it!

 

We had a good view of the smoke from second floor window at Narborough.

 

Hopefully no one was hurt.

The news report said all staff were safely evacuated, thankfully.

[Will1981]

Think it was Barclaycards call center.

[FoyleFox]

1 hour ago, Will1981 said:

Think it was Barclaycards call center.

Paragon.

 

https://www.printweek.com/news/article/huge-fire-wipes-out-paragon-site

[SystonFox]

35 minutes ago, FoyleFox said:

Paragon.

 

https://www.printweek.com/news/article/huge-fire-wipes-out-paragon-site

ParaGONE

[ALC Fox]

Used to work there in different guises when it was Astron and then RR Donnelly while I was trying to earn some cash pre, during and post-uni. I haven't been there for over a decade but still know a couple of people who have hung around. Glad they're all safe. Some people have been working there for so long it must be devastating for them.

 

Canteen used to do a banging bacon and hash brown cob back in the day as well.

[SpacedX]

3 minutes ago, ALC Fox said:

Canteen used to do a banging bacon and hash brown cob back in the day as well.

They may well be a tad overcooked now. 

[ALC Fox]

1 minute ago, Line-X said:

They may well be a tad overcooked now. 

I like my bacon crispy if poss 

[Trav Le Bleu]

That is right next to my round, made for an interesting day at work and quite a bit of mail not getting delivered. If the wind had changed direction there would've been even less mail delivered, I'd have packed it in for the day.

Took quite a while from the first smoke I saw to the first siren I heard. At one point it died down (about 1pm?)  and I thought they had it under control, but then the smoke turned thick, black again. Just glad no one was killed.