Fire in Oxford Street

[LDR]

Looks even less impressive when resized, but there were huge plumes of smoke billowing out - this is as close as I could get.

My Good Lady Wife has some photos on her phone which show the flames a bit better. I'll upload them this weekend.

An violent intruder in the office on Wednesday.
A fire while shopping on Thursday.
I wonder what Friday will bring.

 

[ngeru]

Yes... well I'm hoping for a drama-free day today!

Tbh now when thinking about the coppers threatening arrest I'm more angry that the shop staff didn't tell us to vacate the building earlier. The alarm was going for a good 5 or so mins & there wasn't any evidence of fire down in the basement... I thought maybe someone had shop-lifted something or there was a security breach of some sort. Perhaps if we were told to leave earlier, I wouldn't have tried on shoes... perhaps I could have avoided running underneath exploding windows & raining glass! That was the scariest part...

I'm feeling OK today though.

 

[dogmatique]

That's the thing isn't it - if you were in your own building and the fire alarm went off, you'd probably evacuate quickly. Because it's a shop you are unfamiliar with and we're innundated with bells and rings these days, you've no idea what it's ringing for.

Alarms in shops / public buildings really should have a vocal component - ie "Please evacuate the building".

 

[maximilian ping]

i was in oxford st at that time and the smoke was massive. i thought terrorists might have targeted the new Primark to get at British women's dress code