Crane on fire crashes into University of Technology Sydney grounds - Polidicks

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLcLUjraT_w[/media] [QUOTE]TWENTY workmen ran for their lives after a 65 metre crane crashed into the University of Technology Sydney this morning. Angry construction workers said they had walked off the job three weeks ago with safety concerns about the crane claiming it was dripping diesel. "We asked for something to be done about it but nothing was done," union state secretary Brian Parker said. A 20 metre boom crashed into the building earlier this morning. The crane is the biggest industrial crane in Sydney's city. The workmen were working on the building when the crane exploded into flames. "The crane was in the air and you just heard the cable snap one by one," a witness told the Daily Telegraph. "The crane then crashed into the building which the guys were working on." 100 people were evacuated from the site and another hundred were evacuated from the area. Emergency crew members said the position where the crane crashed is making it stable. A workman has been injured after he was hit on the shoulder by one of the snapped metal cables. The crane driver ran down from the cabin just 10 minutes before the crane was engulfed by flames. Earlier, eight fire crews raced to Broadway following reports a high crane inside a construction site opposite the university just after 10am. About 1000 litres of diesel which powers the generator sparking the fire caused the cables to snap. About 20 firefighters who attempted to climb the boom to extinguish the flames quickly ran down from the unsafe crane and instead allowed the fire to extinguish itself. At 11am, smoke was still issuing from the crane deck but the flames have since subsided. The top of the crane was on fire and the flames were clearly visible from the ground. "It has the potential to be quite a large fire because of building material nearby,'' a NSW Fire Brigade spokesman. Sydney's CBD has been thrown into traffic chaos following the crane fire. Three busses broke down in the city blocking main streets, a truck blocked main roads in Auburn and a horse strayed across the M4. The breakdown of three buses on clogged city streets this morning has gridlocked large parts of the CBD, causing delays of more than an hour. State Transit buses entering Sydney's CBD from across the Harbour Bridge are being diverted to North Sydney station, while traffic entering the city across Anzac Bridge is also affected. Around Wynyard Station, Clarence Street and Erskine Street were closed for parts of peak hour after buses struck mechanical failures.[/QUOTE] I work just up the road from UTS - It was a pretty crazy sight, even from a few kilometers away. You've gotta' love the Aussie commentary on the video though... just classic. [url]http://www.news.com.au/national/crane-on-fire-on-university-of-technology-sydney-grounds/story-fndo4bst-1226524733377[/url]

Crikey blimey dingo dodo digjeridoo take the shrimps off the Barbour there too many [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Snipe/Dumb post" - BANNED USER))[/highlight]

Saw a video. Expected blurry moment of accident because of guy running. Instead got THE THUMB OF DOOM. Was not disappointed.

We don't call them shrimps, for fucks sake.

[QUOTE=Plonker;38607818]Crikey blimey dingo dodo digjeridoo take the shrimps off the Barbour there too many [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Snipe/Dumb post" - BANNED USER))[/highlight][/QUOTE] Hmm... never knew we cook them on barbours. Could have sworn we use barbeques. We also call them 'prawns' not 'shrimps' :eng101: [editline]27th November 2012[/editline] Jimmaye, you ninja!

fuckin' ell

[QUOTE=paddymazz;38607893]Hmm... never knew we cook them on barbours. Could have sworn we use barbeques. We also call them 'prawns' not 'shrimps' :eng101: [editline]27th November 2012[/editline] Jimmaye, you ninja![/QUOTE] I thought you Barbies: [t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/Barbie_Fashion_Model.JPG/220px-Barbie_Fashion_Model.JPG[/t]

[QUOTE=Forumaster;38608003]I thought you Barbies: [t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/Barbie_Fashion_Model.JPG/220px-Barbie_Fashion_Model.JPG[/t][/QUOTE] Yep. Those too!

I love it when the crane piece falls and all you hear is "OIIIII" I love this country

Modern tech college getting destroyed by one of our oldest technologies.. [sub][sub][sub][sub]Archimedes would have had a laugh.[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] Subtle irony.

I'm surprised this didn't happen in New York. Did Sydney move when I wasn't looking or something?

I got excited thinking it took the ugly ass UTS tower with it

[QUOTE=Bradyns;38608150]Modern tech college getting destroyed by one of our oldest technologies.. [sub][sub][sub][sub]Archimedes would have had a laugh.[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] Subtle irony.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i.qkme.me/3rxhfj.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=DogGunn;38608819][IMG]http://i.qkme.me/3rxhfj.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] You get to see the structural design of a crane up close!

I'm staying in a swanky hotel for my mates 21st party. We've been standing by the window and watching the crowds flocking to have a look. They should keep it as a tourist attraction.

Yep classic commentary. Now to watch that footage again on the 6 o'clock news.

[QUOTE=BigBoom;38609315]Yep classic commentary. Now to watch that footage again on the 6 o'clock news.[/QUOTE] with all the added bleeps so people don't get offended :v:

I was expecting: [img]http://www.in.gov/dnr/images/ed-whooping_crane_lg.jpg[/img] [editline]27th November 2012[/editline] With added fire.

[QUOTE=Jimmaye;38607881]We don't call them shrimps, for fucks sake.[/QUOTE] It's called scrimp.

I actually expected the tower itself to collapse for some reason...thankfully it did not

[QUOTE=Jax Strife;38613019]I was expecting: [img]http://www.in.gov/dnr/images/ed-whooping_crane_lg.jpg[/img] [editline]27th November 2012[/editline] With added fire.[/QUOTE] [img]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/1b/146Moltres.png[/img] Like this?