Very bad news for chritmas guys

[tileexperts]

the guinness factory is currently on fire here in dublin today and is not looking too good,

most of the area around the factory has been evacuated and looks like no guinness for xmas. OMG. what we going to do??????

7 units of the fire brigade are at the site and more are still poring in. from all over the city.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

:yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[diamondtiling]

I have been in that wonderful Brewery, hope they save it.

:yikes::yikes:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

and here's the news:

RTÉ News: Blaze at Guinness site in Dublin

 

[doug boardley]

I have been in that wonderful Brewery, hope they save it.

:yikes::yikes:

I can remember going in....... coming out is a little fuzzy on the memory tho':lol::8::8:

 

[tileexperts]

its very smelly here in the city, like burning plastic. its only a part ot the factory, the place is massive, they have helicopters dropping water on it now.
it would be very sad if they could not save it, but i think its not too bad only part of it.

 

[Rad2474]

Not something i drink,but i hope the impact on jobs is minimal.

 

[Ajax123]

OMG - Good job I don't drink Guiness anymore

 

[DHTiling]

Vids on Utube already..


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLs-SGIl5EQ]YouTube - Guinness Fire Dublin 2009[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfkDlMNlleQ]YouTube - Guinness Fire[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr_KJiYkkkE]YouTube - Guinness Factory Fire (Dublin)[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW5C6vThkBE]YouTube - Guinness Factory Fire 2 (Dublin)[/ame]


on this one..look at the firemans hose...


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xXhQ0PCqfE]YouTube - Guinness Factory Fire 3 (Dublin)[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kXaWlZAwPs]YouTube - Guinness factory on fire 21/12/2009 #2[/ame]

 

[Colour Republic]

Don't panic the black stuff is safe!

Although some tiler is in trouble (ok roof tiler:lol


A fire at Dublin's famed Guinness brewery badly damaged a storage building Monday and left two firefighters hospitalized with respiratory problems, emergency officials said.
Guinness parent company Diageo PLC said the fire started while a construction worker used a blow torch to repair the felt-lined roof of the unoccupied building, one of dozens on the sprawling brewery site. The building stored empty containers and machinery, not beer.
Dublin's fire department said it took 15 units more than three hours to bring the flames under control. Two firefighters were in stable condition at the nearby St. James' Hospital after inhaling what colleagues suspected was ammonia gas.
The fire sent billowing black smoke over the Dublin skyline and forced authorities to suspend services at a light-rail line that passes the Guinness complex.
But Diageo said brewing operations and tours at the brewery's tourist center -- the most popular attraction in Dublin -- continued in other buildings a half-mile (1 kilometer) away while firefighters battled the blaze.
Guinness brews its flagship dark-brown stout, as well as lagers Carlsberg and Budweiser, at the brewery in west Dublin. The company recently celebrated its 250th anniversary of continuous operations at the site.
Earlier this year, Diageo put on hold its 2008 plans to spend euro800 million ($1.2 billion) in a radical shake up of its brewing operations in Ireland. Half of the Guinness site in Dublin, including the area affected by Monday's fire, would have been sold for property development. That idea had to be shelved as Ireland fell into deep recession and its property market plummeted over the past year.