Chocolate fireguard, anyone?

Following the fire on the pier,
( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4325430.stm )
Southend gears up for the shortest inquiry in history.

Tuesday's Southend Echo, front-page lead story:

Paragraph two:
"Today an inquiry began into why a water main running the length
of the pier, designed to help tackle a major blaze, failed in
Sunday night's blaze."

Paragraph three:
"The plastic piping melted and cracked, leaving firefighters
with no supply of water".



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ROFLOL, now that is class.

 

ROFL

Sheer class.

 

Wizard scribbled on the back of a napkin:

"The revenge of the bean counters"

 

JHC. Must've been one of Matt Alwright's blokes put that in.

 

His gay mate with the bike ...

 

All of you are probably right and someone without a clue
installed PVC piping or something equally suitable.
OTOH there's plastic and there's plastic. Advanced grades
of glass fibre reinforced epoxy or polyester piping will
actually withstand fire well and is allowed (and used) in
oil processing installations including off shore platforms.

 

But what you're forgetting is;
this is Essex. They probably installed fish tank tubing.