Getting paid for straw ?

[unlacedgecko]

According to Facebook the lot has gone up now is it just me or would you have drafted in every man telehandler and trailer you could find in and started moving the next closest stacks as soon as the original fire was going

I wouldn't rush to risk a man's life for a bit of straw. Fires of this magnitude are very dangerous.

 

[76masseyman]

Fire started at the Western end. The rest of the stacks are on an old runway, stacked in an east to west line, probably best part of a mile from one end to the other. Spread right through due to very gusty wind yesterday. These pictures are from woldgrain video, the large stacks at the end near their stores are all gone now with the rest.
Fire started furthest end.

 

[76masseyman]

Then the westerly wind got up, and drove along this lot.

 

[egbert]

I bet they’re checking their insurance!!

Ah...the insurance cert. Often the only flammable thing to survive........

 

[Mc115reed]

I wouldn't rush to risk a man's life for a bit of straw. Fires of this magnitude are very dangerous.

It’s a long way from the first too then furthest pile though from the photos… would of been very safe too start moving the straw from say the middle of the line and make a fire break kind of thing… but tbf they deserve all they’ve got having that much straw stacked that close together is just a disaster waiting to happen and if they couldn’t see it then they’re thicker than the average idiot

 

[76masseyman]

And finally to the eastern end. All gone now.

 

[Veryfruity]

Had they paid for the straw?

 

[unlacedgecko]

It’s a long way from the first too then furthest pile though from the photos… would of been very safe too start moving the straw from say the middle of the line and make a fire break kind of thing… but tbf they deserve all they’ve got having that much straw stacked that close together is just a disaster waiting to happen and if they couldn’t see it then they’re thicker than the average idiot

I'm no fire expert so don't know how fast it could spread through the stacks. But I've read wild bush fires can move at 60mph+.

I wouldn't chance it with my kit or anyone under my charge. It's just a bit of straw. Let it burn and keep everyone safely back.

 

[Highland Mule]

@Woldgrain Storage have a new video on Twitter


Woldgrain Storage (@Woldgrain_Ltd) Tweeted: Apocalyptic view this morning, with every single bale gone.
Thankfully our store looks to be undamaged, but vehicle movements could be a challenge for the next few days. https://t.co/ItgrVjdmhx

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1487706482657398787

 

[roscoe erf]

Be looking for another 25000 ton then....

they won't take rounds

 

[7610 super q]

Had they paid for the straw?

No one pays for straw. Waste product you see...

 

[jack6480]

Is this clives straw that’s gone up??

 

[M-J-G]

Is this clives straw that’s gone up??

Clive might get ideas for payback.
His straw customer comes home to this as Clive opening a packet of marshmallows

 

[ridger]

It’s a long way from the first too then furthest pile though from the photos… would of been very safe too start moving the straw from say the middle of the line and make a fire break kind of thing… but tbf they deserve all they’ve got having that much straw stacked that close together is just a disaster waiting to happen and if they couldn’t see it then they’re thicker than the average idiot

And no talk of ad blu or emissions at all

 

[tepapa]

And no talk of ad blu or emissions at all

What a Waste of potential energy all gone up in smoke. All the environmental damage caused without the benefit of the heat/power generated.

 

[S J H]

I'm no fire expert so don't know how fast it could spread through the stacks. But I've read wild bush fires can move at 60mph+.

I wouldn't chance it with my kit or anyone under my charge. It's just a bit of straw. Let it burn and keep everyone safely back.

There's no way you'd be able to move any significant value either, you'd just end up with a massive bill from everyone on emergency callout.

 

[Hindsight]

All awfully sad. But not the first time a large stack has burnt to the ground. There was a large fire at Sleaford a few years ago. In addition to the smaller on farm fires around that period.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-29685601

 

[egbert]

I waiting for the gold rush, when every goes to sweep up all that ash........

 

[Will 1594]

Only one stack left at the Harpswell end as it was up wind of the first fire. woldgrain storage uploaded a video from the top of their silos last week, it shows just how much there was when just one lot had gone up.

we up on the wolds near hainton and can see smoke coming up and the cloud heading towards skegness area

 

[glasshouse]

Is this clives straw that’s gone up??

Yes
Bloke didnt like his debt going public