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[Sparky]

Water bombing whirly bird just blew his load.

 

[todd]

Really?

[Mike K.]

As the region grows and more and more people descend onto local parks and wilderness areas, expect more of these fires.

The cause of this fire has not been confirmed by the fire service. But it certainly wasn’t lightning or glow bugs.

That being said, we’re likelt to see quite a few individuals with fireworks who won’t stop to assess wind conditions and whether it’s safe to put on a light show.

[Victoria Watcher]

Our officers are responding to a vehicle roll-over at the corner of Douglas & Chatham.

@vicpdtraffic

officers are on their way. #yyjtraffic will be affected. Pls avoid the area.

[Cassidy]

Complete and utter **** show.

Whether you're heading into or out of town, stay East ... WAY East!

And by "way East" I mean Cook Street.

 

Folks are getting tangled up in those one way and right turn only streets around the Public Market, which is locking up Blanshard St in both directions, Government Street in both directions, and of course Douglas Street is blocked off completely.

Edited by Cassidy, 17 July 2019 - 04:21 PM.

[Rob Randall]

Workmen are about to fix a torch-on roof at the Halibut House building at Cloverdale and Quadra. They're setting up the propane tanks and hoses. Nothing has happened yet but they are both having a cigarette so you might want to keep an ear on the scanner in case something pops up.

[Cassidy]

^^^  Kind of like a "Minority Report" for emergency fire services!  ^^^

Edited by Cassidy, 22 July 2019 - 09:30 AM.

[shoeflack]

VicPD have closed Johnson Street at Cook due to a car accident just before Johnson/Chambers.

[Mike K.]

I can’t help but think it involves a vehicle exiting Chambers onto Johnson.

[shoeflack]

I can’t help but think it involves a vehicle exiting Chambers onto Johnson.

 

It wasn't that far up Johnson, although that is definitely a harrowing left turn onto Johnson for sure. It looked like it was someone who came out of the parking lot of the apartment next to the medical building.

 

At any rate, it's all cleared up now.

[phx]

Workmen are about to fix a torch-on roof at the Halibut House building at Cloverdale and Quadra. They're setting up the propane tanks and hoses. Nothing has happened yet but they are both having a cigarette so you might want to keep an ear on the scanner in case something pops up.

 

Cigarettes are a health hazard, though not usually considered an emergency.

 

Or were you concerned about an open flame near the propane?  I'm thinking that is unavoidable when working with a propane torch...

[Rob Randall]

I don't know, the whole scenario looked like the start of a Laurel and Hardy movie to me. Or this old joke.

[Mike K.]

Fire crews are responding to the 3400-block of Cedar Hill Road in Saanich following reports of a structure fire.

[Victoria Watcher]

this is almost hard to comprehend how many people could die in an incident like this.  75-foot boat on fire and maybe 34 dead.  off los angeles.

 

https://www.express....fire-coastguard

 

https://www.mirror.c...d-boat-19168627

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 September 2019 - 05:16 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

https://www.pasadena...ta-cruz-island/

 

34 people missing after dive boat fire off Santa Cruz Island

 

 

now reports say it was a dive boat on a three-day excursion.  so perhaps all the people were sleeping?  the fire was reported around 3:30am.  that's awful.

[Victoria Watcher]

this is almost hard to comprehend how many people could die in an incident like this.  

 

sleeping people i guess could account for this.

[Rob Randall]

Here is the plan of the sleeping deck. Multiple bunk beds all in one room. This is awful.

[Rob Randall]

Looks like only one small stair exit to the galley. If the fire started in the galley, I can't even imagine...

 

https://www.truthaquatics.com/about/

[Mike K.]

Oh my. Hard to imagine a boat carrying that many people would not have more exits.

[Victoria Watcher]

i think it would have some type of emergency hatch to another overhead section (above the waterline) but not necessarily a fulltime starwell up.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 September 2019 - 06:46 AM.