Fire Burns Corvettes in Hoppers Crossing

[blackoutsteve]

That was the news article I just saw on the TV news..
I saw a Ford Thunderbird in the footage of the burned warehouse too.

Hoppers Crossing.. You know who I'm thinking of right?
Anyone hear more about this?

[thunder427]

That was the news article I just saw on the TV news..
I saw a Ford Thunderbird in the footage of the burned warehouse too.

Hoppers Crossing.. You know who I'm thinking of right?
Anyone hear more about this?

:cool: every body was talking about this TV news 'Flash' but not a word since?????????......Strange !! me think...............conspiracy factor,not insured.................Got to say real dissapointed in the USMUSCLE, 'Gossip' Group/column, this is 'one' place I thought would have the 'Fat' on this story,10 Corvette's....thats a story in it's self...................waiting!!

[AUSCAMARO]

http://www.cfaconnect.net.au/images/stories/gallery/images/hoppers_crossing_shed_fire_482/cfa_dmu_b_dellemijn014_20090531_1487773448.jpg

13th June 2006 01:37:19 PM

Graveyard … Burnt custom-made cars rest among the twisted metal inside the burnt out shell of the Pitman Trucks factory in Campbellfield. Picture supplied.

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A CAMPBELLFIELD truck-wreckers factory was partially destroyed after fire ripped through the building last week.

Fire officers were called to Pitman Trucks Pty Ltd on Sydney Rd at about 2am last Friday.

Metropolitan Fire Brigade Commander Frank Besanko said the factory was well alight by the time fire crews arrived.

“It was so hot that it burnt through metal parts of the roof,” he said.

Commander Besanko said about 30 fire officers attended the scene and had the fire under control in about half an hour.

A handful of employees gathered at the site Friday morning as members of the arson squad assessed the damage.

Owners Kim and David Pitman said their business was insured.

Mrs Pitman said about a third of the factory had been destroyed, along with three family cars her husband had been restoring.

She valued the combined loss of the Corvette, Mercedes and GT Falcon at about $150,000.

Mrs Pitman said many of her husband’s trophies and pictures from his days as a racing truck driver were also ruined.

“I’m feeling pretty exhausted but I’m all right after I got over the shock,” she said.

The company’s general manager Duane Williams said computers and paperwork were also lost.

“We’ll salvage what we can but it is a setback we don’t need,” he said.

“But nothing’s unbuildable – we can start again.”

Detective Senior Constable Kevin Murdoch from the Arson Squad said the cause of the fire was unknown and his team was still investigating.

Det Sen Const Murdoch urged anyone who might have might have seen anything suspicious between 1am and 2am Friday to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

There you go.

Mitch

[blackoutsteve]

So the original report that said Hoppers Crossing was wrong I guess..
Thanks.

[thunder427]

Gentlemen(and Ladys!!!) please take time to CHECK THE DATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!,wrong year and wrong local............so back to the start....has any body got any news on the fire at Hoppers Crossing and nice try AUSCAMARO,always room for a trier,'Far greater thing to have tried and failed ,than not try at all'.....top points!!.............regards427

[blackoutsteve]

ha ha June 2006! :p

Anyway, if it were Hopper Stoppers, perhaps we should have heard about it by now.

[18htan]

I asked around...

Yeah there was about 6 or so , shed is around the corner from my house and there was smoke everywhere. 2 Firey's were hurt trying to put it out. Looks like they saved 2 but they looked a bit worse for ware

[AUSCAMARO]

I wondered how long it would take for someone to cotton on ;)

heheheheeee

[18htan]

Hmmmm.... Maybe I am getting simple in my old age.

Cottoned on to what?

[blackoutsteve]

..to how old the posted news article is..

[AUSCAMARO]

I did love the pic with the Firies hose having a big arse leak in it though!!

[thunder427]

I did love the pic with the Firies hose having a big arse leak in it though!!

manufactured by the same people I keep buying garden hose off!!...got to say ,I feel the 'Nitros' bottle is a little 'OverKill'..........or is it a 'Jato' boaster bottle, its Too Dam hot ,I'm Out of here...Whoooooosh!