SCRAPYARD FIRE



I saw the smoke then the fire at the scrapyard near the M32 as I traveled towards Temple Meads on the local train, early Saturday evening.
The white coach near the end of the film was carrying Bristol City fans home from Wembley where their team had lost the play-off final against Hull City. The text you hear me receive is someone saying it was a loss for the whole city not just the football club, my thought also.
I think the fire is a fitting symbol for the end of Bristol City's dream of playing Premier League football next season.

A report on the local BBC website said the following:

Fire at scrap yard 'deliberate'
Fire at Sims Metal
The smoke from the blaze could be seen for miles around

Some 50 firefighters have been dealing with a large blaze at a scrap yard in Bristol, where old cars are thought to have been set alight deliberately.

Crews were called to the Sims Metal yard in the Saint Werburghs area of the city on Saturday night.

A brigade spokesman said it was thought vandals had set the vehicles alight.

Station manager Matt Hunt, of Avon Fire Service, told BBC News the black smoke could be seen from as far away as Somerset.