Firefighters tackle Darwen moorland blaze

6:52pm Monday 4th March 2013 in News

FIREFIGHTERS are battling a moorland fire in Darwen.

They were called to land behind Darwen Tower at around 5pm where they are currently tackling a 30 metre long line of fire.

Two fire engines and a Land Rover are on the scene.

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bigdee123 says...
7:01pm Mon 4 Mar 13

it looks like the firemen,have managed to put out the fire.
good on them.

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turd moor says...
7:13pm Mon 4 Mar 13

why do people take it upon themselves and set the hills on fire near darwen tower,just hope your grandma ain't going to be in need of the fire service you cretins

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2 for 5p says...
10:37pm Mon 4 Mar 13

Hope you manage to put it out before 10:30 other wise your night shift wont be very happy as they usually go to bed at night

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JohnR1 says...
11:18pm Mon 4 Mar 13

LET, are we SURE it is above Darwen and not nearer to Chorley?

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Major Tom says...
12:10am Tue 5 Mar 13

I think somebody was trying to set fire to the Blackbun with Darwin tower. In the famous words of John Lydon > Burn Boll-Ewood, burn!!!

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Ian the Beancounter says...
3:43pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Now I KNOW it's summer - 2 moor fires in the space of 10 days!

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soppygob says...
11:32pm Tue 5 Mar 13

2 for 5p wrote:
Hope you manage to put it out before 10:30 other wise your night shift wont be very happy as they usually go to bed at night
yep they do, idiot.

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happycyclist says...
8:13am Wed 6 Mar 13

Major Tom wrote:
I think somebody was trying to set fire to the Blackbun with Darwin tower. In the famous words of John Lydon > Burn Boll-Ewood, burn!!!
It's Darwen. DarwEn. With an 'E'.

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lady vera fart teller says...
12:11pm Wed 6 Mar 13

happycyclist wrote:
Major Tom wrote: I think somebody was trying to set fire to the Blackbun with Darwin tower. In the famous words of John Lydon > Burn Boll-Ewood, burn!!!
It's Darwen. DarwEn. With an 'E'.
In Swahili, happycyclist translates as "pedantic and puerile".
Get a life, creep.

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dollar says...
8:21pm Sun 10 Mar 13

happycyclist wrote:
Major Tom wrote:
I think somebody was trying to set fire to the Blackbun with Darwin tower. In the famous words of John Lydon > Burn Boll-Ewood, burn!!!
It's Darwen. DarwEn. With an 'E'.
It's The Jubilee Tower actually.

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