Exactly thats why i said they could have 'accidentally' left some flammable material and a few matches lying around, and then some deros completely unrelated to the council/football club set it alight as an act of vandalism/arson cause they were bored.riccardo wrote:I have knowledge of insurance and, as you may know, deliberatly causing or contributing to a fire results in a dishonoured claim and possible legal action.Ice Wolf wrote:Hope they had insurance.
If so could be a smart insurance job, leave some fuel and matches lying around and let some deros do the job for you. j/k
If you start it, you aint covered for it.
Frankston Grandstand up in flames...
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For those who may have never seen the grandstand, the Frankston football club has it pictured on their banner on the main page.
http://www.frankstonfc.com.au
Its a bit hard to see, but you can kind of see how much of an 'icon' it would have been.
http://www.frankstonfc.com.au
Its a bit hard to see, but you can kind of see how much of an 'icon' it would have been.
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I'm not implying anything at all. The police have cited arson. I don't think that anyone associated with St Kilda (the major beneficiary as I see it) would have had anything whatsoever to do with burning down the grandstand. To have done so (and I'm not even suggesting it was considered) would have been a very high risk strategy, and any risk manager would tell you that, even with a low likliehood of being caught, the catastophic consequences to reputation etc for an AFL club would result in it being an approach to be avoided.joffaboy wrote:Are you implying something casey scorp?
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It was a beautiful old grandstand sitting magnificently in all its glory on show as people made the trek up Kars St. Can't imagine what it looks like at the moment. I was very upset to hear the news this morning & don't find any humour in the jokes or implications.
Homeless people have been known to sleep under the grandstand so it wouldn't surprise me if it was started by a discarded match or cigarette. Must have gone up very quickly as the fire station would only be 500 metres away.
Homeless people have been known to sleep under the grandstand so it wouldn't surprise me if it was started by a discarded match or cigarette. Must have gone up very quickly as the fire station would only be 500 metres away.
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i went down this morning snoopygirl and it was terrible. i have 1 picture on my phine but i have no idea how to upload it due to my lack of technological brainssnoopygirl wrote:It was a beautiful old grandstand sitting magnificently in all its glory on show as people made the trek up Kars St. Can't imagine what it looks like at the moment. I was very upset to hear the news this morning & don't find any humour in the jokes or implications.
Homeless people have been known to sleep under the grandstand so it wouldn't surprise me if it was started by a discarded match or cigarette. Must have gone up very quickly as the fire station would only be 500 metres away.
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I have some info regarding what happened due to my work... A squatter was evicted by police from the stadium in the early hours of the morning only to return again. The second time the police saw a small fire in that area and went to report it but due to the grandstand being so old half of it was on fire in the time it took him to report and have the fire fighters there. I know a lot of work has been done to try to keep the squatters out but they find a way in again.
I know of late there has been a problem with squatters in the area living in abandoned homes and causing fires also.
I know of late there has been a problem with squatters in the area living in abandoned homes and causing fires also.
there are also heaps of photos following the fire...iceman wrote:For those who may have never seen the grandstand, the Frankston football club has it pictured on their banner on the main page.
http://www.frankstonfc.com.au
Its a bit hard to see, but you can kind of see how much of an 'icon' it would have been.
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