thoughts on this house collapse?
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I lay money it was seconds after she put the key in the door and switched a light on.
Or, might the chimney have been removed?
The report claims an explosion but theres no evidence for an explosion.
Debris isn't scattered far and wide in the street.
Maybe the reporter is suggesting it was a gas explosion but theres no burning or fire crews response for burning which is sometimes the case with gas explosions.
Lack of fire doesn't rule out a gas explosion but maybe it was structural: on the left hand side the party wall is missing - the party wall on the RH side is intact.
As above, going into the front door or getting out of bed & using a switch/igniter has happened in a few incidents.
Back in the day I attended quite a few collapses & fire damaged buildings as a sidekick to an Expert Witness.
One time a man had hollowed out his end terrace - no first floor or loft floor. It collapsed.
Another bright spark deliberately set a small kitchen gas explosion but the gas entered the chimney flue before exploding soot all over him & his family as they sat in a bedroom thinking of insurance claims.
Debris isn't scattered far and wide in the street.
Maybe the reporter is suggesting it was a gas explosion but theres no burning or fire crews response for burning which is sometimes the case with gas explosions.
Lack of fire doesn't rule out a gas explosion but maybe it was structural: on the left hand side the party wall is missing - the party wall on the RH side is intact.
As above, going into the front door or getting out of bed & using a switch/igniter has happened in a few incidents.
Back in the day I attended quite a few collapses & fire damaged buildings as a sidekick to an Expert Witness.
One time a man had hollowed out his end terrace - no first floor or loft floor. It collapsed.
Another bright spark deliberately set a small kitchen gas explosion but the gas entered the chimney flue before exploding soot all over him & his family as they sat in a bedroom thinking of insurance claims.
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It wasn't an explosion, it was a more gradual collapse - according to reports. Next heard cracking noises and saw big cracks appearing the walls, before it all came down, so a structural fault of some sort.
Like Robin to Batman ?
More like Laurel To Hardy.
No.23 looks like it's been opened up a bit (2016):
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But No.25 looks quite solid (2014):
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But No.25 looks quite solid (2014):
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I don't believe so, from the pictures I've seen.
The pallets in the front yard of 23 look suspicious, but they are in the same position on Street view!:
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There was mention in the news media that works had been done to the property regarding alteration to the basement .
Maybe it all started with the bottom of the front door rubbing...
I'm going for sinkholes!
www.portsmouth.co.uk
www.portsmouth.co.uk
Dramatic picture shows collapsed wall and roof that saw neighbours evacuated and road closed
This was the building collapsed that saw a major Portsmouth road closed off on Sunday afternoon.
www.portsmouth.co.uk
Portsmouth road closed as sinkhole opens up in residential Eastney street
A ROAD in Portsmouth has been closed after a sinkhole opened up.
www.portsmouth.co.uk
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