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8:39pm Saturday 3rd May 2008
EDEN'S bowling alley is shut until further notice after a fuseboard feeding into it caught fire today, causing a temporary evacuation.
The upstairs area of the shopping centre including the alley, cinema, restaurant and some other shops had to be closed off for around three hours from 3.30pm.
Fire crews from High Wycombe attended after smoke was seen coming from an electrical store room.
Firefighters had to force entry to get into the room. The fire was small but it caused large amounts of smoke and the surrounding parts of the building were evacuated as a precaution.
Watch manager Maloney, from High Wycombe Fire station, led a team carrying out a re-inspection at 7.30pm this evening.
He said: "It seems to be fine now, no cause for alarm.
"We let the security guards know to keep an eye on it but I'm a hundred per cent now that it's safe and has all cooled down."
An investigation will take place to uncover what caused the fire but it is thought the fuseboard probably over heated.
the inspector, High Wycombe says...
10:29pm Sat 3 May 08
spotty, Holmer Green says...
8:40am Sun 4 May 08
Feist the Heist, High Wycombe says...
11:05am Sun 4 May 08
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
1:35pm Sun 4 May 08
R. D., says...
4:25pm Sun 4 May 08
Watch manager Maloney, from High Wycombe Fire station, led a team carrying out a re-inspection at 7.30pm this evening.
He said: "It seems to be fine now, no cause for alarm. "We let the security guards know to keep an eye on it but I'm a hundred per cent now that it's safe and has all cooled down."
kazza, high wycombe says...
5:57pm Sun 4 May 08
AMF Team Member, High Wycombe says...
7:45pm Sun 4 May 08
AMF Team Member, High Wycombe says...
7:45pm Sun 4 May 08
Ivor, says...
7:59pm Sun 4 May 08
Center is safe and it was just a accident.I would hardly describe an electrical fire as an accident. Properly installed electrical systems do not overheat as surely the total loading should be worked out in advance to ensure overheating does not take place.
AMF Team Member, High Wycombe says...
9:49pm Sun 4 May 08
R. D., says...
11:48pm Sun 4 May 08
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
8:57am Mon 5 May 08
AMF Team Member, High Wycombe says...
1:14pm Mon 5 May 08
AMF Team Member, High Wycombe says...
1:15pm Mon 5 May 08
R. D. wrote:what the hell are you on about!
AMF Team Member said "Stop moaning! get a life" I say "take notice and keep the one you have"! End of Conversation now AMF Team Member!
paulc, Amersham says...
2:02pm Mon 5 May 08
End of Conversation!
Ivor, says...
2:07pm Mon 5 May 08
Firefighters had to force entry to get into the room.Why was there not a member of staff on hand with a master key?
Fire crews from High Wycombe attended after smoke was seen coming from an electrical store room.So the smoke was seen coming from the electrical store room. Why did the fire alarms not go off? Surely it should be common practice to have a fire alarm detector placed in situations where fire is likely to break out (i.e. close to the fuse boards). The news article and all of the readers who so far have left comments have failed to mention anything about the automatic fire alarms going off and detecting the fire first. Do the fire alarms actually work?
smokey, high wycombe says...
11:06pm Mon 5 May 08
Ivor wrote:how on earth do you know what the public will want or not want?
Firefighters had to force entry to get into the room.Why was there not a member of staff on hand with a master key?Fire crews from High Wycombe attended after smoke was seen coming from an electrical store room.So the smoke was seen coming from the electrical store room. Why did the fire alarms not go off? Surely it should be common practice to have a fire alarm detector placed in situations where fire is likely to break out (i.e. close to the fuse boards). The news article and all of the readers who so far have left comments have failed to mention anything about the automatic fire alarms going off and detecting the fire first. Do the fire alarms actually work? The public will take a lot of convincing before they return to the bowling alley now this has taken place.... Have you read Ivors blog today? Click on the Opinion link on the menu on the left then click on Readers Bucks Blog.
Ron Schreck, says...
11:06pm Mon 5 May 08
Ivor wrote:Is there a sprinkler system installed. Why did it not go off?Maybe it is connected to the fountain. The AMF guy is being very defensive. WHY? I have not read anywhere in here where anybody blamed AMF or the bowling center. Also AMF guy, I think you should go back to grammer school. Are you part of Management or just a mechanic weenie that fixes the machinery when it breaks down? I would think that someone in Management would have better PR and grammer.
Firefighters had to force entry to get into the room.Why was there not a member of staff on hand with a master key?Fire crews from High Wycombe attended after smoke was seen coming from an electrical store room.So the smoke was seen coming from the electrical store room. Why did the fire alarms not go off? Surely it should be common practice to have a fire alarm detector placed in situations where fire is likely to break out (i.e. close to the fuse boards). The news article and all of the readers who so far have left comments have failed to mention anything about the automatic fire alarms going off and detecting the fire first. Do the fire alarms actually work? The public will take a lot of convincing before they return to the bowling alley now this has taken place.... Have you read Ivors blog today? Click on the Opinion link on the menu on the left then click on Readers Bucks Blog.
Ron Schreck, says...
11:16pm Mon 5 May 08
AMF Team Member wrote:Mr. AMF; if it was not 15 minutes, then how long was it? How many power cuts have you had now since Eden opened. It doesn't sound like this was the first time you expewrienced this. And then you say "we tryed to fix the problem." What problem? You said AMF did not have a problem. Is this why we are only hearing about the bowling center being closed and none of the other outlets are affected. HMMM, time to call in Sherlock.
it was not 15 minutes! Eden did not notify us that it was a electrical fire, so all the stsff thought that it was just a powercut, in which case we tryed to fix the problem.
chris toff, South Bucks says...
1:07am Tue 6 May 08
woooooopy, wycombe says...
1:24pm Tue 6 May 08
woooooopy, wycombe says...
1:27pm Tue 6 May 08
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
7:45pm Tue 6 May 08
AMF Team Member wrote:My daughter says different! They thought it was odd just being lefdt "in the dark" so they had time to reclaim their shoes before anyone said to evacuate!
it was not 15 minutes! Eden did not notify us that it was a electrical fire, so all the stsff thought that it was just a powercut, in which case we tryed to fix the problem.
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
7:48pm Tue 6 May 08
Steve wrote:Oops!
AMF Team Member wrote: it was not 15 minutes! Eden did not notify us that it was a electrical fire, so all the stsff thought that it was just a powercut, in which case we tryed to fix the problem.My daughter says different! They thought it was odd just being lefdt "in the dark" so they had time to reclaim their shoes before anyone said to evacuate!
get _a_ life_ wycombe, high wycombe says...
8:04pm Thu 8 May 08
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Ivor, says...
9:10pm Sat 3 May 08
Surely they should shut the whole complex until electrical checks for any more overloaded circuits are done?
Have you read Ivors blog today? Click on the Opinion link on the menu on the left then click on Readers Bucks Blog.