Homeless man saved from burning building in Southend (From Echo)
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Homeless man saved from burning building in Southend
8:29am Wednesday 15th February 2012 in Southend
A HOMELESS man had to be rescued from a burning empty office block last night.
Firefighters from Southend had to wake up the 19-year-old after they were called out to Carby and Heath House in Victoria Avenue at about 9.05pm.
After saving the man, officers were able to find him a hostel bed for the night.
Crews from Southend and Leigh tackled the fire which was extinguished by 9.45pm.
Comments(14)
The Cater Wood Creeper
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1:42pm Wed 15 Feb 12
southendshrimper
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2:26pm Wed 15 Feb 12
see what i mean
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5:03pm Wed 15 Feb 12
V_is_back
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5:56pm Wed 15 Feb 12
The Cater Wood Creeper wrote:Or spend a lot less money converting them into affordable housing.
knock these empty office buildings down. They are clearly a safety risk as well as being eyesores
southendshrimper
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8:17pm Wed 15 Feb 12
see what i mean wrote:what me no. The last thing I sent on fire was the Sunday roast... hold on can any one smell something burning? Oh no my toast better dash ............. yum yum cremated toast :-(
Southendshrimper, did you start the fire ?
save southend
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12:54am Thu 16 Feb 12
Dumbnut
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2:08am Thu 16 Feb 12
The Cater Wood Creeper wrote:Who is going to pay for the demolition in these times of austerity?
knock these empty office buildings down. They are clearly a safety risk as well as being eyesores
V_is_back
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8:43am Thu 16 Feb 12
Dumbnut wrote:The same people who are paying for everything: us, the taxpayers.
The Cater Wood Creeper wrote:Who is going to pay for the demolition in these times of austerity?
knock these empty office buildings down. They are clearly a safety risk as well as being eyesores
It's the same old story where capitalism is concerned: privatised profits and socialised losses.
Eastwood Biker
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8:51am Thu 16 Feb 12
Hullbridge Resident
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8:52am Thu 16 Feb 12
al properties and am mixture of tenants/home owners.
Come on Southend be adventurous - a grant must be available from somewhere....... afterall we are a coastal town aren't we!
The Cater Wood Creeper
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9:44am Thu 16 Feb 12
Come on Southend be adventurous
they'll have to spend a million quid on an artist' impression first while making the decision t completely ignore the opinions of the local residents....
V_is_back
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12:12pm Thu 16 Feb 12
Eastwood Biker wrote:The disgrace is that there are perfectly good buildings standing empty while we have people living on the streets through a lack of affordable and social housing.
Why are these buildings not demolished before they fall down they are a disgrace on the town.
Turn them into flats.
beppo1
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10:00pm Fri 17 Feb 12
fletch12107 says...
9:21am Wed 15 Feb 12