Brighton’s poor old West Pier is on fire. Yet more trouble for the beleaguered land mark. See the BBC webcam footage.
It’s now burnt down to the metal super-structure. I don’t know what can have caused the fire, but my guess is arson. The pier is uninhabited (apart from sea birds) and the electricity must have been cut off since the northern section collapsed, so it doesn’t really leave much else.
Graham Carlyle wrote:
gutting
I suspect some idiot’s decided to try to scupper the planned renovation.
Guy McCusker wrote:
... and who might benefit from further trouble to the West Pier? I simply can’t think…
Terrible news.
chris wrote:
Quote from the developers: This has saved us alot of money and time on the redevelopment. Hmm
ANN wrote:
YES GREAT
!! BYE BYE PIER LETS HOPE THEY BUILD SOMTHING WORTH IT WITH THE MONEY AND NOT WASTE IT ON THIS JUNK
!
james wrote:
Ignorant people, the pier was totally beautiful !
Rich wrote:
Agreed James. But it always adds creditability to a troll when they SHOUT, don’t you think? And the double exclamation marks worked well at confusing my CMS. Oh well.