Fire in BT exchange

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Start date Dec 22, 2010

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SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH

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Dec 22, 2010

Oxford St shops lost there phone lines (so no credit card transactions) today after a water leak caused a fire in the main switch room

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/21/bt_fire/

Apache

Cow Fiddler ™

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Dec 22, 2010

Christ, did you look at the pictures and see how much water there was

SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH

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Dec 22, 2010

That was a different exchange and date

Apache

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Dec 22, 2010

oh, ******.

Sidewinder

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Dec 23, 2010

Slips,

M4tty beat you to this,

http://talk.electricianforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=177445#post177445

SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH

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Dec 23, 2010

Slips,M4tty beat you to this,

http://talk.electricianforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=177445#post177445

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