Welcome to by blog! This week we have been learning about the Ballantynes fire. I found it really interesting and I hope you like it just as much as me!
Predictions
What do I think I already now about this disaster?
I know that this is a fire that happened on Nov 18th 1974.
What do I think I will learn about this disaster?
- What caused the fire?
- Did anyone die in the fire?
- What happened to the shop?
- How long did it take to put out?
- How expensive was the damage?
Read and Research
- People were served by waitresses in aprons and caps, expensive clothes were sold and ladies wore hat and gloves. It was a designer store.
- Christchurch
- November 18th, 1947
- They had no smoke alarms or evacuations plans. People though it was just a small cellar fire so didn't tell the people upstairs.
- 41 worker died in the fire. Two people from veranda and were unconscious but recovered.
- No smoking, they now have smoke alarms, have an evacuation plan, DON'T WALK PAST A FIRE AND DO NOTHING!
Video 1 - This video is restricted
Notes - My messy notes :c
The fire was the most deadly
41 people went missing
All of the deaths were from worker
Near by shops were cracked by the heat
It took around 4 hours to stop the fire
They used 36 hoses to put out the fire.
Video 2 - This video is restricted ( We didn't watch much )
Trapped people were waving to people down below
they had 25 mins before the first flame were seen
This video wasn't that helpful
It was very long
Sometimes, the video was hard to hear
I does have some information but it's not really what we want.
Thank you for reading. Have an amazing day, bye!
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