Reply to: Leicester corner shop blast

[NickFitz]

At least the neighbours seem to have been lucky judging by the pics.

Apparently not: Takeaway and flat next to Leicester explosion blast site demolished, Charity whose shop was destroyed in Leicester explosion needs help to recover

[SueEllen]

I seem to recall one side or another in that former Yugoslavian ethnic cleansing business developing a way to prevent people returning to their houses after they'd been thrown out. It involved dousing the upstairs carpets/flooring with petrol, and leaving a burning candle on the lower floor. Eventually the fumes would ignite and the whole house explode - roof blown off, walls blown out type of explosion. That way, the villians could move on to the next village to carry on their persecution.

Can't find a linky to corroborate this story though.

Lots of things happen which are dear old English speaking media can't be bothered to report for one reason or another.

[NickFitz]

Went to college in Leicester and used to live not far away from Hinckley Road. To be honest, it would have been worth flattening the whole area with a bigger bomb years ago....

Tudor Road side, certainly. It’s not bad over the Westcotes Drive side though.

[PhiltheGreek]

I seem to recall one side or another in that former Yugoslavian ethnic cleansing business developing a way to prevent people returning to their houses after they'd been thrown out. It involved dousing the upstairs carpets/flooring with petrol, and leaving a burning candle on the lower floor. Eventually the fumes would ignite and the whole house explode - roof blown off, walls blown out type of explosion. That way, the villians could move on to the next village to carry on their persecution.

Can't find a linky to corroborate this story though.

[psychocandy]

Went to college in Leicester and used to live not far away from Hinckley Road. To be honest, it would have been worth flattening the whole area with a bigger bomb years ago....

[OwlHoot]

Would petrol cause that type of destruction alone? If so must have been more than the typical few litres splashed about the place.

Also if the store was open at the time how did the shop assistant killed in the blast not see/smell what was going on and escape with the alleged perps, one reported to be her boyfriend? Maybe he wanted shut of her as well?

What mongs like these perps typically don't know is that petrol ignited in a confined space can literally detonate with tremendous force and speed. That is how internal combustion engines work!

And the combustion doesn't have to be that confined to build up a critical pressure - A room with the doors and windows closed, or even petrol burning in a big pile of brushwood, can be enough.

[Hobosapien]

Would petrol cause that type of destruction alone? If so must have been more than the typical few litres splashed about the place.

Also if the store was open at the time how did the shop assistant killed in the blast not see/smell what was going on and escape with the alleged perps, one reported to be her boyfriend? Maybe he wanted shut of her as well?

[vetran]

They are going to prison and it's not for murder so they will endure a living hell.

good!

[SueEllen]

I think I preferred the distillery story, my faith in human nature just hit rock bottom, sick bastards ! This is when you start wanting there to be a heaven so Hell can exist.

They are going to prison and it's not for murder so they will endure a living hell.

[vetran]

I think I preferred the distillery story, my faith in human nature just hit rock bottom, sick bastards ! This is when you start wanting there to be a heaven so Hell can exist.

[xoggoth]

Thick indeed. Remember that one a few years back when a women was blown up by a hand grenade. Her husband was a soldier! Or that case where some young men got ambushed and stabbed in full view during rush hour at Victoria Station.

Probably just as well that most criminals are not fiendishly cunning like in James Bond movies.

[NotAllThere]

Prisons are full of thick criminals. THe smart ones get away with. As a certain James Bolivar diGriz discovered early on.

[xoggoth]

If that's true that they used petrol, how on earth could they imagine they could get away with it? You do see some daft crimes at times.

[NickFitz]

It's starting to sound like an insurance scam, as it was alleged in court today that there was petrol throughout the shop: Leicester shop explosion: Three men in court over fatal blast 'caused by petrol' - BBC News

Clearly trying to emulate the kebab shop owner up the road a few years ago:

[vetran]

Thats the rumour. The fact is that it was started by a faulty fridge freezer.

Grenfell Tower: Fire started in Hotpoint fridge-freezer, say police - BBC News

I think there is some confusion because of this:

https://nypost.com/2018/03/01/fire-s...renfell-tower/

(NY post was more fun than the story in the Telegraph)

A survivor of last year’s deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London has landed in hot water after authorities found remains of his cannabis oil factory, according to a report.

Eamon Zada, 35, was arrested after investigators combing through the rubble three weeks after the June 14 fire found cannabis cuttings, gas canisters and an oven in his apartment, the Telegraph reported.

Though from the sounds of it the electrics in the tower so bad it wouldn't of been surprising if any electrical item in it caught fire.

Grenfell sounds like a story of mainly stupidity & cost cutting.