Saddleworth Moor fire is getting serious...

[farmerbarleymow]

Another bloke has been arrested re the Winter Hill fire, on suspicion of arson. And they cancelled that fucking stupid lantern festival thing in Derbyshire.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Another fire has broken out, this time around Denshaw.

Smoke billows from moorland as another fire breaks out in Saddleworth

 

[cupid_stunt]

Oh, FFS.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Oh, FFS.

At least the other two are almost sorted, and looks fairly small at least for now.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

And another.

Fire breaks out on Blackstone Edge moorland

Hopefully these additional fires will soon be put out.

 

[likesfish]

Update on Salisbury Plain fire

Army managed to set the impact area on fire and it's being left to burn as there are 40 years plus of unexploded artillery considered dangerous even to helicopters dropping water.
you'd have thought the Artillery might have considered the weather before shooting big guns full of explosives

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Update on Salisbury Plain fire

Army managed to set the impact area on fire and it's being left to burn as there are 40 years plus of unexploded artillery considered dangerous even to helicopters dropping water.
you'd have thought the Artillery might have considered the weather before shooting big guns full of explosives

How about dropping large blocks of dry ice from a safe height. The carbon dioxide would help starve the fire of oxygen.

 

[2hats]

How about dropping large blocks of dry ice from a safe height. The carbon dioxide would help starve the fire of oxygen.

Given there is a CO2 shortage right now where are you planning on sourcing that from? Mars?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Given there is a CO2 shortage right now where are you planning on sourcing that from? Mars?

They could just hoover it out of the atmosphere - there's a glut of the stuff up there.

 

[2hats]

They could just hoover it out of the atmosphere - there's a glut of the stuff up there.

A glut of 400ppm.

 

[a_chap]

They could just hoover it out of the atmosphere - there's a glut of the stuff up there.

Much more sensible to use the nitrogen.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Much more sensible to use the nitrogen.

True. It would last longer in the flames given it is -210°C. Once it becomes gaseous it might suffocate the towns surrounding the fire though.

 

[extra dry]

True. It would last longer in the flames given it is -210°C. Once it becomes gaseous it might suffocate the towns surrounding the fire though.

Just keep windows and doors closed, and breathe through a tea towel soaked in tea.

 

[Nylock]

True. It would last longer in the flames given it is -210°C. Once it becomes gaseous it might suffocate the towns surrounding the fire though.

Wouldn't that have been the same result from the CO2 option?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Wouldn't that have been the same result from the CO2 option?

Possibly. But the locals could just hold their breath for a bit until the death cloud disperses.

Not sure if nitrogen or carbon dioxide are heavier than air when in concentrated form. Just checked and it would be carbon dioxide that would do for the local residents.

“Pure CO2 is indeed heavier than air and there have even been suffocation deaths caused by volcanic emissions of CO2 many times in human history. The one word answer is wind. The atmosphere is very turbulent (windy) and this turbulence easily dilutes many kinds of gases in the atmosphere and overpowers any small differences in buoyancy [due to molecular weight differentials].”

Although Oxygen is slightly more dense (1.429 Kg/m3) than Nitrogen (1.2506 Kg/ m3), they do not separate like oil and water because weather conditions like wind keep them mixed up. These densities are at Standard Temperature and Pressure (0oC (273.15 K, 32oF) and 1 atm)

 

[cupid_stunt]

London has had its largest grassland fire so far this year, apparently there's been around 20 up to now.

Forty fire engines called to blaze on Wanstead Flats as smoke billows over capital

More than 225 firefighters tackled a large grass fire in east London that sent smoke billowing over the capital throughout Sunday afternoon.

The fire began at around 3pm and was still smouldering at 9pm by which time the flames had been extinguished and firefighters were damping down the scorched earth.

The cause of the fire, which could be seen for miles, was not known in the immediate aftermath of the blaze.

Forty fire engines attended the scene of the blaze, which stretched across 100 hectares (247 acres) of Wanstead Flats, in the south of Epping Forest near Stratford.Emergency services began to arrive at about 4pm after receiving more than 110 calls.

Residents were warned that they may have to evacuate their homes. Road closures were imposed and the Metropolitan police warned people to avoid the area.
Firefighters tackle large grass fire in east London

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Hope everyone in the area is OK, and that it gets extinguished soon.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Hope everyone in the area is OK, and that it gets extinguished soon.

It's basically been put out, they are just damping down the area, luckily no peat to fuel it, as it was right on the edge of an housing estate.

Images from a police helicopter showing smoke rising from the scorched Wanstead Flats in east London.
Huge Grassland Blaze In East London Tackled By More Than 200 Firefighters

It was the size of about 150 football pitches!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's basically been put out, they are just damping down the area, luckily no peat to fuel it, as it was right on the edge of an housing estate.

That's good news. Given the location perhaps started by a BBQ?

 

[likesfish]

and might just be a twat rather than deliberate.

Salisbury plain the usual approach to a fire is to get a challenger tank to do donuts over the fire but the impact area where all the shells are fired onto is full of uxb unexploded stuff. So its being left to burn itself out.

 

[sptme]

It's basically been put out, they are just damping down the area, luckily no peat to fuel it, as it was right on the edge of an housing estate.

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It was the size of about 150 football pitches!

My house is on that pic. Still at least 8 fire trucks out there damping it down now. Last night was stinky, I had to keep the windows closed.

Sad for the loss of wild life. But no one was hurt.

 

[cupid_stunt]

It's finally out, thanks to some rain.

She added: "The much needed rainfall over the moors has meant that we have now been able to close the incident but I must remind everyone to stay safe on the moorlands especially as schools are due to close this week."

Moorland fire out after three weeks

 

[crossthebreeze]

Update on Salisbury Plain fire

Army managed to set the impact area on fire and it's being left to burn as there are 40 years plus of unexploded artillery considered dangerous even to helicopters dropping water.
you'd have thought the Artillery might have considered the weather before shooting big guns full of explosives

The army managed to set fire to Otterburn moor in Northumberland too

 

[likesfish]

Good otterburn deserves to burn down to bedrock and be replaced with a shopping mall and plenty of carparkingz

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's finally out, thanks to some rain.

Until the next one, sadly.

 

[crossthebreeze]

Good otterburn deserves to burn down to bedrock and be replaced with a shopping mall and plenty of carparkingz

That would be an inetresting place for a shopping mall!

 

[kebabking]

That would be an inetresting place for a shopping mall!

Nah, they should leave it - I've always liked Otterburn, and the fishing is excellent.

Do you know what they should burn down to the bedrock and replace with a shopping mall? likesfish house, coz it's in the south, which is a fucking tip anyway, and it would give those utterly fucking vacuous southern cunts some other day-care centre to wander around in, mouths agape as they gaze at a shiny thing...

 

[NoXion]

Good otterburn deserves to burn down to bedrock and be replaced with a shopping mall and plenty of carparkingz

Let me guess, you experienced a particularly gruelling field exercise there?

 

[kebabking]

Let me guess, you experienced a particularly gruelling field exercise there?

Unlikely, he was Queen's Regiment - the nightmares started when the pizza place in Bellingham wouldn't deliver.

You don't know man, you weren't there etc...

 

[likesfish]

a MILAN icft 8 miles with a truly biblical amount of weight on are back wearing Gasmasks for a truly miserable experience made epically worse after it was all over being told wearing said respirators wasn't necessary was my most memorable experience of the delights of Otterburn.
although having a scientist who was working on the next gen of anti-tank missiles to discover what man-portable really entails was