Fucking sickening seeing disposable shite destroy Victorian architecture and is probably seriously threatening our main rail hub and millions in damages.
AdamMc66 on
Bit more than that now. Looks like the entire building is up in flames.
ThomasEichorst on
Yes go ahead and store hundreds of lithium batteries as densely packed as you can manage, ideally with no quality control and sourced from the most dubious unregulated factories, and put it next to critical infrastructure. What could go wrong
GunstarGreen on
You’d think that they would have some fire supression system. Or insist on the stock be stored in fire cupboards (we have them for out rechargeable batteries at our wprkplace). Seems like an oversight, especially for such an important buildingÂ
TurpentineEnjoyer on
and unsurprisingly, the vape shop clearly had no safety measure for storing all those batteries.
opinionated-dick on
As a Glaswegian for the first 6 years of my life, and someone inspired by the cities finest examples of architecture, I hope this can be gotten under control and Central is not damaged too much.
Cities already lost so much to fire.
Chrisjamesmc on
There needs to be a crackdown on fire safety in Vape shops. It’s fucking disgusting that this has led to the destruction of a lovely piece of Victorian architecture right in the heart of the city.
Boring_Gas1397 on
Will be interesting to see if they have adequate insurance.
theflickingnun on
Apparently the whole of Glasgow now smells of cherry blossom
ScotBuster on
“Major Dis(t?)ruption” my fucking ass the roof fell in man.
Glasgow Central is absolutely fucked fellas, this is a big one.
tfhermobwoayway on
Really a metaphor for modern Britain, isn’t it? A beautiful piece of Victorian architecture destroyed by shitty disposable vapes and replaced with an overpriced block of slum flats.
deafened_commuter on
I wonder if this will lead to new regulations in Scotland and maybe elsewhere because it shows how big of a fire hazard these shops are.
No_Air8719 on
Their profits went up in smoke, everyone in a half mile radius was high
StonedPhysicist on
It’s been dire watching this today, many of the businesses above were hair and beauty studios, so there were other fuels in there. We’re just lucky it didn’t spread all the way into Central itself, if that had gone up it’d have paralysed most of the west of Scotland as the main rail hub, operating at capacity. I’d imagine it won’t be open again until they’ve fully checked over the glass roof so a panel doesn’t fall and kill someone.
Union Street itself has been woefully neglected for years, and these fly-by-night shops with minimal oversight over imports or H&S due to wildly underfunded enforcement agencies have now destroyed a listed 180-year-old building. For all people complain about “red tape” and bureaucracy, there’s a reason we have it.
We’re just incredibly lucky there were no injuries.
_Alea-Iacta-Est on
Honestly may of Britains old buildings are just waiting this fate, fire protection is a joke and the fire services aren’t prepared for such large fires.
I fully expect parliament to burn down eventually, the warnings have already been made.
ScottOld on
Fucking vape shops need to go, serve no purpose except money launder and get kids addicted
Professional-Owl9145 on
Interesting given the time frame.
A distraction for a certain group of files maybe?
And yes, the British Government can, had and will go to such lengths.
They literally used a dead corpse for the Sicily campaign and Circus dudes to fool the Nazis just before D Day was launched.
DaveBlerk on
Looking at the pic, are we sure that’s not just the staff having a smoko break/vape?
Jesterchunk on
I thought vapes were supposed to help you quit smoking
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Fucking sickening seeing disposable shite destroy Victorian architecture and is probably seriously threatening our main rail hub and millions in damages.
Bit more than that now. Looks like the entire building is up in flames.
Yes go ahead and store hundreds of lithium batteries as densely packed as you can manage, ideally with no quality control and sourced from the most dubious unregulated factories, and put it next to critical infrastructure. What could go wrong
You’d think that they would have some fire supression system. Or insist on the stock be stored in fire cupboards (we have them for out rechargeable batteries at our wprkplace). Seems like an oversight, especially for such an important buildingÂ
and unsurprisingly, the vape shop clearly had no safety measure for storing all those batteries.
As a Glaswegian for the first 6 years of my life, and someone inspired by the cities finest examples of architecture, I hope this can be gotten under control and Central is not damaged too much.
Cities already lost so much to fire.
There needs to be a crackdown on fire safety in Vape shops. It’s fucking disgusting that this has led to the destruction of a lovely piece of Victorian architecture right in the heart of the city.
Will be interesting to see if they have adequate insurance.
Apparently the whole of Glasgow now smells of cherry blossom
“Major Dis(t?)ruption” my fucking ass the roof fell in man.
Glasgow Central is absolutely fucked fellas, this is a big one.
Really a metaphor for modern Britain, isn’t it? A beautiful piece of Victorian architecture destroyed by shitty disposable vapes and replaced with an overpriced block of slum flats.
I wonder if this will lead to new regulations in Scotland and maybe elsewhere because it shows how big of a fire hazard these shops are.
Their profits went up in smoke, everyone in a half mile radius was high
It’s been dire watching this today, many of the businesses above were hair and beauty studios, so there were other fuels in there. We’re just lucky it didn’t spread all the way into Central itself, if that had gone up it’d have paralysed most of the west of Scotland as the main rail hub, operating at capacity. I’d imagine it won’t be open again until they’ve fully checked over the glass roof so a panel doesn’t fall and kill someone.
Union Street itself has been woefully neglected for years, and these fly-by-night shops with minimal oversight over imports or H&S due to wildly underfunded enforcement agencies have now destroyed a listed 180-year-old building. For all people complain about “red tape” and bureaucracy, there’s a reason we have it.
We’re just incredibly lucky there were no injuries.
Honestly may of Britains old buildings are just waiting this fate, fire protection is a joke and the fire services aren’t prepared for such large fires.
I fully expect parliament to burn down eventually, the warnings have already been made.
Fucking vape shops need to go, serve no purpose except money launder and get kids addicted
Interesting given the time frame.
A distraction for a certain group of files maybe?
And yes, the British Government can, had and will go to such lengths.
They literally used a dead corpse for the Sicily campaign and Circus dudes to fool the Nazis just before D Day was launched.
Looking at the pic, are we sure that’s not just the staff having a smoko break/vape?
I thought vapes were supposed to help you quit smoking