Caught that on the news a few minutes ago. Latest update is that they've got the all-clear on the propane tanks and the fire is now under control.
Damage is extensive, but a lot of the fire was the structure around the Cutty Sark. Unknown at this time how much of the ship has been destroyed, but it's less than total destruction at least. Apart from anything else, quite a bit of it's internal fittings were off-site for conservation.
No comment on the cause of it, the 'suspicious' part was just a rumor... although it was well established throughout the ship by the time the firebrigade got there, so that's a bit iffy. But again, depends on how much of the ship was opened out by removing it's internal structure.
Bastiges. If it is arson and they are caught, maybe they should be set ablaze....if not it's a tradgedy, indeed. I don't have a lot of sympathy for those purpetrating intentional acts of artifact destruction or theft. Not since some burned the pictographs off a cliffside with acid in Utah. It was stalling the construction of a Nuclear Power Plant whose waste would threaten the river(s) flowing through a corner of a national forest monument.
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Damage is extensive, but a lot of the fire was the structure around the Cutty Sark. Unknown at this time how much of the ship has been destroyed, but it's less than total destruction at least. Apart from anything else, quite a bit of it's internal fittings were off-site for conservation.
No comment on the cause of it, the 'suspicious' part was just a rumor...
although it was well established throughout the ship by the time the firebrigade got there, so that's a bit iffy. But again, depends on how much of the ship was opened out by removing it's internal structure.
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