Big fire in New Whittington

[Pete]

Anyone know anything about this?

From the DT website - "The blaze, described as “significant” by Derbyshire fire service, broke out on Stone Lane, New Whittington, at about 12.30pm today."

http://bit.ly/121bMsy

[Slacker]

Not the most dramatic video! Only know what I read on Chesterfield Post

[therealjr]

Two fires in one day causing chaos.
Lorry fire on the M1 between j30 and 31 caused a backlog to J28 for about 5 hours

[Fly]

I went to Nottingham this morning, as per usual. Got there for 9:00AM.  M1 JCT 29 - JCT 26 South bound.
Got back to town about 9:45AM, via M1 JCT 27 - JCT 29 North bound.

Same return journey this afternoon, but came back from M1 JCT 26.  No probs. 3:00pm pick up in Notts.
Local radio stations really need to buck their ideas up ideas up.   

[Fly]

And their 'ideas', protocols 

[Scimitar]

The fire at bottom of Stone Lane was at a former garage which had lots of propane cylinders exploding apparently. I could see the smoke from Tupton from my bus. Worryingly, from that angle, it appeared to be just behind Royal Hospital (around noon today) as you can just see a chimney from the hospital, and Calow church spire from there, and the smoke billowing from behind it.
On my break (around 2pm), I spoke to the Stagecoach guys in the coach station who said they suddenly started receiving phone calls from people in New Whittington asking where to catch a bus. Somewhat perplexed they asked why, and were told about the fire.... apparently they could hear explosions going off in the background!!
Another boring day in Chesterfield........

[Gerty Gumdrop]

I hope there were no casualties 

[Old Cruser]

The fire at bottom of Stone Lane was at a former garage which had lots of propane cylinders exploding apparently. I could see the smoke from Tupton from my bus. Worryingly, from that angle, it appeared to be just behind Royal Hospital (around noon today) as you can just see a chimney from the hospital, and Calow church spire from there, and the smoke billowing from behind it.
On my break (around 2pm), I spoke to the Stagecoach guys in the coach station who said they suddenly started receiving phone calls from people in New Whittington asking where to catch a bus. Somewhat perplexed they asked why, and were told about the fire.... apparently they could hear explosions going off in the background!!
Another boring day in Chesterfield........

Charming we didn't get a pip and a wave as you passed through