Fire damage to hangar on Manby airfield
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Fire damage to hangar on Manby airfield
Image: © Chris Taken: 7 Sep 2012
A hangar on the disused airfield was set alight and seriously damaged. It is owned by Winchester Marines Ltd. Apparently an employee was carrying out welding work to a bus inside the hangar when some flammable material caught fire. This is the back left hangar, shown before the fire on photo Image Video of the blaze: http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Welding-equipment-sparked-huge-blaze-hanger-RAF/story-16515946-detail/story.html
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Image Location
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53.361802
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0.091382