Post by mark on Dec 9, 2023 10:18:14 GMT
Eight preserved buses, including unique King Alfred Leyland Olympic JAA708, Hants & Dorset Bristol FLF 1254 (KRU224F) and RELL/ECW 1651 (XLJ726K) along with ex Southdown Bristol VRT 273 (JWV273W) and Citybus Bristol RELL/Alexander 2534 (AXI2534) have been destroyed in a fire in the barn that housed them – see www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-67662497. In a cruel twist of irony 1254 was nearly lost in the Bournemouth bus station fire of 1976 (see www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14664258.pictures-teenager-who-drove-bus-out-of-burning-station-in-1976-rescues-it-again-40-years-later/)
As I write this it is unclear whether the fire was started deliberately – that will be determined in due course – but it is a regrettable fact of life that rural crime is a growing problem and if they can’t steal it they’ll torch it. These out of the way barns are very vulnerable and few have anything in the way of fire suppression measures.
Mark
As I write this it is unclear whether the fire was started deliberately – that will be determined in due course – but it is a regrettable fact of life that rural crime is a growing problem and if they can’t steal it they’ll torch it. These out of the way barns are very vulnerable and few have anything in the way of fire suppression measures.
Mark