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timill ([personal profile] timill) wrote2007-05-21 10:16 am

Cutty Sark fire 'not as bad as first thought'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6675381.stm

Chris Livett, Chairman of Cutty Sark Enterprises, speaking at the scene, said: "We had removed 50% of the planking, so 50% of the planking wasn't on site and that's safe and secure.

"And from where I stand there is not a huge amount of damage to the planking that was left on.

"There are pockets of charred planking and some have gone, but it doesn't look as bad as first envisaged."