"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 13:03:30 on Fri, 3 Apr 2015,
Mizter T remarked:

On 02/04/2015 11:27, Mizter T wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32157618


The fire is now out - extinguished at around 10am this morning (Good
Friday):
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/10153936.html

It was being fed by escaping gas, the supply of which has now been
isolated.

Two days to switch the gas supply off. That beats 3hrs to evacuate the
average broken down train.
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Roland Perry


I don't know the details, and I doubt you do, but:

1. Escaping gas is a lot safer if it is burning than if it is not: the
linked article refers to this.

2. Waiting until a long bank holiday weekend to shut the gas off may well
have been part of a plan because the article suggests a large number of
buildings are affected. If this is the case restoring the supplies is likely
to be a non-trivial operation. Some years ago the gas network in Worthing
was accidently flooded with nitrogen. It was the middle of winter and it
took several months to restore the supplies.

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DAS