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Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:56 pm**

vk6hgr wrote:The historic National Hotel in Freo is on fire. 5th alarm (!)

National hotel tower is about to collapse, DBA alarms (from the smoke?) going off all over Freo.

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:00 pm**

Yer all the "onlookers" have blocked the roads and the big red trucks cant get through people are SO SO SO dumb.

So confirmed its the hotel not the bank as the national bank is next doior to the national hotel, sounds a bit crazy.

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:10 pm**

Hmm. Still no Freo CLP - only TTL3.. wonder whats happened to their CLP.. thought it was the newer of the 2.

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:50 pm**

Anymore updates on the Freo fire????

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:55 pm**

Location according to Google Maps...

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:07 pm**

Could see the glow from my place dont see anything anymore-i would guess freos blocked off apart from that i dont pick up 6AR well so dunno anyone else with an update ? guess they will be there for a while moping up id assume western power would be there, SJA standing by, etc etc

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:07 pm**

Contained, not under control. Power has been turned off to City of Freo - as a result, a heap of DBA's have fallen into Comm-Fault.. (the ICV out there actually radioed in to warn them).

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:21 pm**

I expect Turbo is down there getting all the footage for tomorrow's news.

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:22 pm**

Cheers-was it only the national hotel or did it alight the building next to it (which happens to be the national bank funny enough) and just cruious if anyone caught what appliances attended im assuming everything from freo, murdoch, success maybe ?

Just curious

anyone get pics/video ? someone mustve gone lol

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:28 pm**

Last I heard, 6 pumps, 2 aerial appliances, ICV, SET, BA Tech, MLO, FIO, Fire Safety Co-Ordinator, various DM's and a Regional Director plus Chaplain.

Freo 1st, Freo 2nd, Claremont, Daglish 1st (or 2nd), Murdoch, Success are the pumps I heard.

Posted: **Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:39 pm**

auntys_eyes wrote:I expect Turbo is down there getting all the footage for tomorrow's news.

Of course

Probably the biggest structure fire I have done in my short 2 year career as a camera man. Hopefully my shots turn out alright - it was pretty dark when the power got cut.

Looked like the roof collapsed and possibly a floor or two. They are waiting on a structual engineer to check it out. No firemen are allowed to enter due to it being structually unsafe. Owner was in attendance.

Cheers to Gavin for the phone call - legend.

Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:02 am**

Heard yesterday on 6AR channel - about 6:05pm last night - A pilot returning to Jandakot reported whilst passing from Forrestdale Lake - a car crashed into a power pole - with wires on the ground and fire coming up from that area - with 4 people running from the vehicle - Can anyone confirm any more?/?? Which fire units responded??? - I beleive VKI also dispatched a JG/JA cars P2 as well???

Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:33 am**

Cant wait to see some pics !!!

Wonder if its going to be saved or have to be demolished. The only 2 pics on the news website show it well ablaze.

Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:59 am**

they said on the news this morning it was going to have to be demolished shame a lot of money went into restoring that building all for nothing wonder how it started

Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:41 am**

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 48,00.html

Some great pics here on the news site. Not up in the gallery yet but I'm sure they will be soon.

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