WikiWirral Share a Little Learn a Lot about your Wirral
Forum Statistics
Forums65
Topics76,457
Posts1,033,917
Members14,831
Most Online44,182
Mar 18th, 2025
Who's Online Now
8 members (3 invisible), 5,497 guests, and 488 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters
sunnyside 45,164
MattLFC 22,315
Mark 21,269
granny 17,809
_Ste_ 16,347
Newest Members
Philbarlow, Maniacalkevo, ringbark, silverking88, ladams888
14,831 Registered Users
New General Forums
Cancel Account?
by ladams888 - 30th Mar 2025 6:25pm
Royal Iris
by cools - 3rd Mar 2017 6:16pm
New Wirral History
Bedford Park Athletic Grounds
by bert1 - 13th Apr 2025 8:34am
Old War Memorial Egroment
by Tranquil - 9th Apr 2025 12:54pm
Dangers of Laudanum
by bert1 - 6th Apr 2025 10:33am
Bidston Docks!
by Bronski - 27th Mar 2025 4:11pm
Tam O'Shanter. 1841 census
by granny - 25th Mar 2025 6:16pm
Top Posters(30 Days)
bert1 18
Bronski 14
granny 6
Topic Replies
Bedford Park Athletic Grounds
by bert1 - 13th Apr 2025 8:34am
Cancel Account?
by KevinFinity - 12th Apr 2025 11:12pm
Fire inHamilton Square station
by diggingdeeper - 12th Apr 2025 1:41am
Old War Memorial Egroment
by Tranquil - 9th Apr 2025 3:25pm
Dangers of Laudanum
by bert1 - 6th Apr 2025 10:33am
Bidston Docks!
by diggingdeeper - 28th Mar 2025 5:16am
Jets flying overhead
by granny - 27th Mar 2025 4:15pm
Tam O'Shanter. 1841 census
by granny - 26th Mar 2025 10:52pm
676 Queens Royal Hotel Marine Promenade Wallasey
by diggingdeeper - 25th Mar 2025 3:16pm
April
M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
Top Likes Received (30 Days)
bert1 8
Top Likes Received
bert1 22
casper 4
Mark 4
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
#761363 26th Jan 2013 12:22am
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 37
Newbeee
OP Offline
Newbeee
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 37
Fire Alarm going off at Hamilton Square Station 3 fire engines and a lot of people outside.

Google Ads
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 14
Newbeee
Offline
Newbeee
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 14
There was an electrical explosion on the line causing the train and station to fill with smoke. Everyone evacuated as a precaution. Very treacherous out.lord knows how anyone will get home from town tonight now. No buses either. The sad irony was the fritters turned up at the same time as the fire engines.

Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 14
Newbeee
Offline
Newbeee
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 14
#gritters ! Damn that auto correct !

Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,925
Forum Addict
Offline
Forum Addict
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,925
the merseyfail website says services are disrupted/off due to bad weather...

Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 37
Newbeee
OP Offline
Newbeee
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 37
Thanks for the update Sharpster!

Noticed there was another fire engine and ambulance staff around too. Dreadful in this weather.

Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 14
Newbeee
Offline
Newbeee
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 14
Yes a poor man slipped outside and split his head open. He was Quite shook up. It was quite scary on the train but thankfully , apart from the poor man outside, there were no injuries.

Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 37
Newbeee
OP Offline
Newbeee
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 37
Poor man, hope he is ok. Does look dangerous out there. Hope people are able to find alternative ways home.

Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 2
Offline
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 2
My sister was on the Chester/Ellesmere port train with her dog at Hamilton Sq when a massive explosion went off. Someone working at the station ran out telling everyone to get out, then the whole station filled with smoke. Sounds like a electrical fire. I think it was the New Brighton train or the track. Hopefully no one was hurt. Everyone was running up around 15 flights of stairs. Unfortunately there were no taxi's available for 2 hours.

Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 163
Enthusiast
Offline
Enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 163
Was only the breakers for the electrical supply kicked in due to the amount of snow on the collector shoes of the train caused a fault, this gives you the large amount of smoke and sets alarm panel off.

Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 46
Newbeee
Offline
Newbeee
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 46
Nice one Gopher

Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 37
Newbeee
OP Offline
Newbeee
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 37


Moderated by  Mod 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Random Wirral Images

Click to View Topic.
Newest Topics
Bedford Park Athletic Grounds
by bert1 - 13th Apr 2025 8:34am
Fire inHamilton Square station
by Excoriator - 11th Apr 2025 4:55pm
Old War Memorial Egroment
by Tranquil - 9th Apr 2025 12:54pm
Dangers of Laudanum
by bert1 - 6th Apr 2025 10:33am
Cancel Account?
by ladams888 - 30th Mar 2025 6:25pm
For Sale & Free
Member Spotlight
KevinFinity
KevinFinity
Wirral
Posts: 2,362
Joined: April 2009
Today's Birthdays
There are no members with birthdays on this day.
New Wirral Info
Fire inHamilton Square station
by Excoriator - 11th Apr 2025 4:55pm
News : New Topics
Jets flying overhead
by granny - 27th Mar 2025 11:44am
Are our local councillors all insane?
by Excoriator - 20th Mar 2025 10:32am
Wirral Planning searches
by Excoriator - 16th Mar 2025 4:39pm
New Ferry regeneration
by Excoriator - 16th Mar 2025 4:22pm
Fender Heights Being Demolished
by Shadow_Omega - 22nd Feb 2011 3:36pm
New Enthusiast Forums
Popular Topics(Views)
10,291,760 CW Chat room thread
5,563,404 WIKI WALK CHAT
4,403,548 Spotted!
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5