3/19/2009

London's Fire Engine Rollover at Waterloo. Photos By Alex Albion. Story By Uncle Monty.

London's Fire Engine Rollover.
Photos By Alex Albion.
Story By Uncle Monty.
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Luckily, London's fire engine rollover or flipover
today at Waterloo's IMAX roundabout didn't ig-
nite a dangerous fire or even worse an explosion
at such an impact of some five tonnes of sheer
steel and rivetted metal along with lots of petrol
or gaseline inside the three or four large gas
tanks that helps power the road movement
of such a fearless red fire brigrade truck.
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This is one of those stories that is best told
by photos rather than by any written words
of mine. So I'll write little more here about it
other than to say all the buses and bendies
going south on Waterloo Bridge were stop-
ped and then diverted to other long and
roundabout routes to get to Waterloo
via other directions and streets.
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The damage to the fire engine will run into
many, many, thousands of dollars to repair,
let alone the cost of manpower and recovery
of the fire engine will add many more thous-
ands upon thousands of dollars from the
taxpayers' purse.
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The online edition of this afternoon's issue
of The London Evening Standard made no
report or photo or even a mention of the
London Fire Brigrade engine rollover at
Waterloo. I was unable to find out if any
of the firemen themselves inside the
fire truck at the rollover were injured or
even perhaps killed by such a freakish
accident. I assume the driver came too
fast, and in a hurry, at the roundabout
and took his steering wheel too sharp
and the result was an immediate flip of
the fire engine itself that ended with an
unstoppable and terrifying rollover.
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So let me just have you now look at the
photos below of the accident scene that
I took and some actual views of the roll-
over of the engine or truck while under-
going on the spot steps to upright it fully
for final recovery to where ever they
then take such to be repaired or salvaged.
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It was certainly a sad case, ironically, of need-
ing to rescue the fire rescuers at the rollover.
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Your's, Uncle Monty.
+Wulfrun, 2oo9.
...
My new periodic photo feature called
"Vendors-on-the-Strand," starts now with
the very likable Big Issue vendor Calvin.
His pitch is on London's famous Strand
and
it's wide and busy thoroughfare at outside
Somerset House. Lookout for him and be
very nice to him and buy a copy of the
latest Big Issue directly from Calvin
himself. You'll be really glad you did!!
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Calvin, V949.
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Thanks to Calvin I wouldn't have known about
the rollover at Waterloo without him telling me
when he did. And so moments before I started
to walk across Waterloo Bridge to photograph
the accident scene, I took two quick photoshots
of Calvin at his permanent pitch. He said he
was doing okay today! That's
gooooooood for him, too!!
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