{"id":1324,"date":"2009-01-02T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2009-01-02T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T08:07:00","slug":"hot-chocolate-fire-in-marrickville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=1324","title":{"rendered":"Hot Chocolate Fire in Marrickville"},"content":{"rendered":"
Well, I woke up early in this morning. I opened my eyes and was annoyed by the flashing lights. Wondering what my neighbours might be up to I looked out my window and saw the flashing lights of a police car on Marrickville Road. I considered going back to sleep, but thought, now that I am up, I’ll have a drink. Going out to the kitchen I saw many very low black clouds going past. For a moment I marvelled at the sight. I pored a drink of water. I thought, I could take a photo and wondered that it is not normal that my unit is at the same level as the clouds. I turned on the light. The switch did not work. Annoyed, I tried a different switch. That did not work either. So I went out onto the balcony. The whole suburb was dark. Only the distant light from the CBD lit the scene. I looked to the right and could see the strange glow of the fire. Fire?<\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/a><\/p>\n

So I went back inside, lit a candle and in the dim light found some clothes grabbed my camera and mono pod and headed outside. As I opened the door I was in a pool of light. I looked confusedly at the light. I had not turned it on. Oh? The emergency lighting system had kicked in. Well at least it works. I headed down onto the street. They had closed Marrickville road east of Victoria Road. I asked the police man if I was able to go down there. He said yes. So I headed down the road. There were very many fire engines and other support vehicles.<\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/a><\/p>\n

I looked at my mobile. The time was 2AM. I joined a group of about 12 people watching the proceedings. I took some photos. I was still too asleep was struggling to get the camera settings right. My brain was not working.<\/p>\n

I then headed off east to see if there were other vantage points. The fire was on Meeks Road. On Sydney road I found two men. You could just see the back of the building. There was a fire truck directly behind the building. We were still a block away. I took some photos there too.<\/p>\n

\"Fire<\/a><\/p>\n

Then I wandered over to Sydenham Road and up to Vincent Street. Here I could again see the fire over some buildings. I then went out to Meeks Road again, and this time took some photos from the other side of the fire.<\/p>\n

\"Fire<\/a><\/p>\n

I headed home to get my longer lens. But by the time I returned they had mostly put out the fire. I spoke with a man in the crowd on Marrickville Road. He said that at it’s height the flames had been leaping out of the top of the building.<\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/a>\"Chocolate<\/a>\"Chocolate<\/a>\"Chocolate<\/a><\/p>\n

The next morning, I caught the train to work as I do on Fridays. On the way past I visited the fire scene. The damage to the factory, a chocolate factory, was extensive.<\/p>\n

\"burned<\/a><\/p>\n

On my return from work, I again headed down there and saw that they had again blocked off the road. They are now starting to demolish the building. There is still smoke poring from the building.<\/p>\n

\"demolition\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"hoses\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Just a moment ago there was a burst of smoke and the sound of water on metal from the factory. I guess that while they were removing rubble, they had caused the fire to flare up again.<\/p>\n

Timeline:<\/p>\n

1 Jan 11:00 PM – Fire Starts.
2 Jan 2:00 AM – I go out to see the fire.
2 Jan 5:00 AM – Fire is mostly out.
3 Jan PM – They start demolishing the factory.<\/p>\n

Apparently this is the second time the business has burned down in 5 years.<\/p>\n

In the morning I posted 2 photos before I went to work and another two as I went to work. Some are doing well on the google search:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

3 Jan Update: The demolition continues.<\/p>\n

\"the<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Woo hoo! number one in a google search<\/a>! ;o<\/p>\n

A you tube video by a person who lives across the road of the beginning of the fire.<\/p>\n

4 Jan: the demolition continues. The road is still blocked off. There is now a permanent police man on duty. I will have to walk the long way round and take some photos from the other side.<\/p>\n

\"04\/01\/2009\"<\/a><\/p>\n

6 Jan: I expect that this will be the last of these updates. The fire is over. The factory demolished. I expect that in a while they will clean up the site and build a new factory. So maybe next time I will get some better photos.<\/p>\n

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