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17-01-2008, 11:25 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2007
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...419927603.html
Looks bad too!  Two people are dead and another man has been severely injured after an explosion at a Hunter Valley winery. An ambulance spokeswoman confirmed that two people had been killed in the explosion at Drayton's Winery at Pokolbin, near Cessnock in NSW. It is understood that another man received burns to 80 per cent of his body in the explosion. A worker at nearby winery Ivanhoe said several workers in that vineyard had heard the explosion and immediately ran across to help. She said three rescue helicopters were present at the scene and she could see smoke coming from the Drayton's property. Newcastle radio station 2HD reported Hunter ambulance authorities as saying "many people" had sustained severe burns. |
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17-01-2008, 12:01 PM
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Tribal Elder
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It looks like the owner has perished also.
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17-01-2008, 12:56 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
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woa... someone forgot to release some fume valves in a big way
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17-01-2008, 01:12 PM
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Yeah it is pretty bad and has rocked cessnock pretty hard. The owner Trevor drayton and a contract welder died. One of our close family friends works there and he walked past them working and he went into a bricked room and closed the door(by luck) and then it exploded. he said if he was 30 sec slower he would of been gone aswell.
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17-01-2008, 01:44 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Barossa Valley, South Australia
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Wow! Glad the wife's work doesn't do distilling. I've never heard of things like that happening at wineries before.
Commiserations to the Drayton family and those injured in the blast.
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17-01-2008, 01:09 PM
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BURN RUBBER NOT OIL
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Rylstone, NSW
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SH!T..that had to suck big time.
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Explosion in the Hunter Valley - 2 people dead!
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