Fire at MA @ Farnham.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 31 Mar 2010, 10:02

Apparently, big fire has destroyed the whole building, where MA was only a small part.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 596102.stm

I feel gutted - both for the loss of the shop itself and the staff, some whom I count as friends.

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Mats

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 31 Mar 2010, 13:29

bloody hell - luckily it seems no-one was badly hurt

Lloydy · Post by **Lloydy** » 02 Apr 2010, 15:40

I heard about this earlier this week. If MA has been completed destroyed then it will be a real shame, and not just because its my LFS.

I am tempted to pop along over the weekend and see it for myself. I was only in there a few weeks ago and they had a 11-12" L14 which I was so tempted to make them an offer for. I assume the big Scobi and none of the other fish made it out alive but I guess there is always a tiny bit of hope that the fire didn't kill everything...

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 02 Apr 2010, 15:44

Judging by the pictures the BBC showed the other day, I'd say there is very little hope that ANYTHING survived. The didn't mention the aquatics department, but they did show pictures of the overall building, and there was just a few bits of brick and steel left of the entire building...

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Mats

RickE · Post by **RickE** » 02 Apr 2010, 19:45

According to the MA website no livestock died:

http://www.fishkeeper.co.uk/Whatsnewinfo.aspx?id=76

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 02 Apr 2010, 20:03

Very good news. I'll have to track down where my Ancistrus ended up then... ;)

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Mats

andywoolloo · Post by **andywoolloo** » 02 Apr 2010, 22:32

that's horrible. I am glad tho that no animals were killed.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 02 Apr 2010, 23:59

andywoolloo wrote:that's horrible. I am glad tho that no animals were killed.

Definitely.

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Mats

Lloydy · Post by **Lloydy** » 03 Apr 2010, 16:19

RickE wrote:According to the MA website no livestock died:

http://www.fishkeeper.co.uk/Whatsnewinfo.aspx?id=76

I was just about to post this but you beat me to it

Wonderful news that all the fish are ok, hopefully they get the store cleaned up quickly and reopened.

I drove past the store earlier but the road up to The Country Market has been closed by the Police.

whiteymoza · Post by **whiteymoza** » 07 Apr 2010, 22:25

Strange, no mention of this in the Friday bulletin. The website says that all the livestock was saved though which is a very good thing must have been totally devastating for the staff and the owner of the site.

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