Tyre fire In Broadmeadows....How the hell did it start?

GASWAGON · 11-01-2016, 08:49 PM

Heard about this on the 6pm news today and just found an article on it.

Up to 130,000 tyres have been on fire since 9am this morning at a tyre recycling plant in Broadmeadows, Melbourne.

What I dont get is there has not been one single mention of how this fire started?

Sure it was'nt arson was it???

Anyone got any inside info???

http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-...ccfce5116576b8

mr smith · 11-01-2016, 09:12 PM

No inside info but how did they get away with having that much scrap ready to go up? If I had a local business that needed to shut I would be looking for some compensation. What I saw looked like negligence.

irpacaus · 11-01-2016, 09:20 PM

It was a pretty big fire. I flew into Melbourne at 9:15 this morning and it was massive as we flew right past it on the way into land

**Charliewool** · 11-01-2016, 09:20 PM

Instantly the tinhat brigade ASSUMES!

Franco Cozzo · 11-01-2016, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Charliewool

Instantly the tinhat brigade ASSUMES!

Well it is Broadlebbos

**GasoLane** · 11-01-2016, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by CoolBFWagon

Heard about this on the 6pm news today and just found an article on it.

Up to 130,000 tyres have been on fire since 9am this morning at a tyre recycling plant in Broadmeadows, Melbourne.

What I dont get is there has not been one single mention of how this fire started?

Sure it was'nt arson was it???

Anyone got any inside info???

http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-...ccfce5116576b8

Wrong link ?

Express · 11-01-2016, 09:35 PM

mik · 11-01-2016, 09:47 PM

You probably even wouldn't notice it if the smoke was white , the air quality has been pretty average from bush fires lately, coming back from kilmore yesterday looking at the hills in the distance it was hazey as hell, no doubt its worse in other fire effected states.

commodorenutt · 11-01-2016, 09:53 PM

Broadmeadows trying to keep up with Canberra (nats) are they?

Uncle Tone · 12-01-2016, 06:04 PM

When I saw the smoke I thought someone had started a VW.......

GASWAGON · 12-01-2016, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mr smith

No inside info but how did they get away with having that much scrap ready to go up? If I had a local business that needed to shut I would be looking for some compensation. What I saw looked like negligence.

Ye this is what i have been thinking.

Was it an inside job?

Probably only need to pour some petrol on one tyre and light it, the rest will go up in flames very easily......Rubber burns easily as it is made from crude oil.

marty351 · 12-01-2016, 11:23 PM

With all that tyre smoke, vicpol will impound the site.

robster · 14-01-2016, 08:12 PM

Insurance job ??

Morexbs · 14-01-2016, 08:46 PM

Just another clean air day in Camelfield.

robster · 14-01-2016, 09:10 PM

Yeah, but they were going to sell them for................ ?

Mainforcepatrol · 14-01-2016, 10:49 PM

A cfa volunteer workmate of mine that handles one of the helicopter fire bombers that was used on the blaze said it was an electric forklift that had shorted.

vztrt · 15-01-2016, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Morexbs

Just another clean air day in Camelfield.

Just VW's new emission test procedure. Make the air outside dirtier then whats coming out of the tailpipe.

GASWAGON · 15-01-2016, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mainforcepatrol

A cfa volunteer workmate of mine that handles one of the helicopter fire bombers that was used on the blaze said it was an electric forklift that had shorted.

Ah o.k well that sort of makes sense i guess?

Must have been one hell of an electrical short though to start a fire like that?

The operator must have been injured some how also???

commodorenutt · 15-01-2016, 09:16 PM

Maybe one of the workers left his hoverboard on charge beside the forklift?

Dr Smith · 16-01-2016, 05:12 PM

Is this the same site that has had fire(s) before?

vztrt · 18-01-2016, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by CoolBFWagon

Ah o.k well that sort of makes sense i guess?

Must have been one hell of an electrical short though to start a fire like that?

The fire that was in the EVEREST was from a short. Doesn't take all that much. All you need is something that will catch to get an emergency.

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Originally Posted by Dr Smith

Is this the same site that has had fire(s) before?

If its the one I think your talking about. That was up the road in the next suburb. But that was a guy who dumped this trash on his property and lighting set it off. I don't remember the tyre yard going up previously.

GASWAGON · 22-01-2016, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tempted

Heard on the radio this morning that in an attempt to get the forklift going, the workers stuck a nail in place of the fuse, hence the short.

Bloody hell what a great idea that was!

Wonder if they're going to get insurence for all the damaged stock and the forklift???

**Fordman1** · 22-01-2016, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by tempted

Heard on the radio this morning that in an attempt to get the forklift going, the workers stuck a nail in place of the fuse, hence the short.

The fuse was blowing out, so some rocket scientist replaced the fuse with a nail ( instead of finding out what the electrical issue was )l - causing a fire !

jmack · 22-01-2016, 07:37 PM

Yeah it was a short on one of their loaders and the operator craped himself and ran i was told .been therall week trying to sort the power out .investigator teams and insurance were there today .not the cleanest of places at the best of times but a big mess out the back now

neptune blue · 23-01-2016, 12:51 AM

Jewish stocktake

CyberWasp · 23-01-2016, 08:36 AM

Damn faulty fuses, they are made with thin flimsy wire.
You would think that after all these years they would put thicker wire in them so they wouldn't keep blowing out like that.
.............I bet the nail survived the fire.

Franco Cozzo · 23-01-2016, 02:19 PM

This sort of **** happens all the time with forklifts, no one wants to spend any money on them, a business around the corner keeps burning out starter motors on their forklift because the micro switch that stops it from starting in gear is toasted allowing it to start in gear, putting lots of load on the starter motor.

So when it ***** itself again its a big hoo haa and everyone needs to bend over backwards to get them another starter motor (non gear reduction type because its stronger, that you can't buy new anymore).

Nanoraptor · 23-01-2016, 03:35 PM

Not directly related to the actual cause of this fire, but I'd always heard the old one about bits of glass discarded by the roadside being potential causes of fires.

A few years ago I was helping my parents spring cleaning, and we had a waxed fruit box of bits & bobs out under the back verandah. Taking a breather, I noticed it was smoking, and snapped this photo just before it caught fire.

It can be bloody anything.