Yes, the topic of discussion today is fire and what happens when an HGV drives into the side of a plastics factory. The resulting explosion causes a fire that produces lots of acrid, thick black smoke. Luckily when this happened opposite the estate that I live on, I wasn’t there to witness it.

(Picture courtesy of S Mosby)

Unluckily though, it did mean that I wasn’t able to get back home from work as the police had corderned off all of the surrounding area as unstable gas canisters were exploding constantly in the fire.

Luckily, I was at work until 10:30pm (although I had started at 7:30am) so this meant that by the time I went home I could drive home (well, after talking a police officer into letting me through the cordon).

Damn, being at work means that I get to miss all the fun. I’ll resign to the fact that earning the money is better than witnessing poisonous smoke