Plastics factry in Glasgow explodes....

[Tumble]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3705871.stm

apparently 4 of the ovens just blew themselves up... horrific mess

[Flibb]

Just hope they manage to pull out those that are still alive.
Lots of ideas about what happened, one involved a micronisation plant. Fine dust is incredibly explosive and wouldn't normally result in a fire.

I work at a small chemical / pharmaceutical research establishment and we were shown the film footage of a similar place exploding in Germany. If there's ever a fire here will run like hell. The film included a tanker going boom, chemical drums were found 100's of meters away, very scary.

[Elmo]

god this is OLD news now!

my friend lives across the road from it and mistook the *BANG* for the front door of her flat closing??? noticed the helicopters flying about... but didnt take any notice of it... so i foned her up and was like "ARE YOU OK?!?! you still coming to the exam??? etc" and she's like "eh??" so i told her to look out the window and she's like "oh holy S***!"

I cant believe how much coverage this is getting on the news! there's been more horrific things happen in glasgow than this too...

I have every faith in the emergancy workers working away up in maryhill (since i know a few of them ) and they'll do their very best to get everyone out in such deadly circumstances.

[subucni]

I can't be the only one that thinks the whole "surviving a building collapse" near the bottom of the article is a bit out of place, and doesn't really tell you much thats going to help you in a situation like this?

[Richie]

my friend lives across the road from it and mistook the *BANG* for the front door of her flat closing???

This is the same bang that ppl say was heard for 3 miles ??

ROFL she been listening to her music too loud again ??

[Atomic]

Ouch that's quite some damage there...

[Tumble]

god this is OLD news now!

well I only heard about it on't radio this morning...

[5lab]

there's been more horrific things happen in glasgow than this too...

this much mess on a normal friday night int there?

[Elmo]

This is the same bang that ppl say was heard for 3 miles ??

ROFL she been listening to her music too loud again ??

yeah she was listening to music whilst studying... but still, she didnt feel the building shake... when people further away felt their windows shake....

[ToMmEh]

yeah she was listening to music whilst studying... but still, she didnt feel the building shake... when people further away felt their windows shake....

is she odd?

a shock like 4 plastics ovens blowing up would shake tiles off the house if its as close as you say


i mean, look at the mess it did to the factory, there nearly bugger all left!

[Elmo]

aye, but i was 5 mins up the road and i dint hear owt. Think the noise of it kinda was a bit exaggerated.