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Old 11-11-2008, 10:05 PM
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Default Fire breaks out in reptile room help urgently needed SE London

This morning at 8am a fire broke out in our reptile room, we housed over 200 various snakes and lizards in the shed at the bottom of the garden, at 8.05 the fire brigade arrived but before they arrived we could not do anything to help our precious and beloved animals because there was a series of explosions.

I am utterly devistated because only a handful of animals survived, the survivors believe it or not came from what I would call the hot zone area of the fire, these include 2 x adult albino burmese, 2 boa constrictors, 1 x dbl het burmese, 1 x reticulated pythons, 3 x bearded dragons, 1 x blue tongue skink and 1 red tegu.

I can not even put into words the loss we have had today my Sunglow and albino boa who I loved dearly, the albino tiger retic and my adorable 15 yr old iguana were just some of the animals that died today. I'm crying now and trying so very hard not to think about the final moments but it's so difficult.
The fire brigade left at about 6pm this evening and to their absolute credit they refused to go until all the survivors were out, from what we can fathom, the survivors were all kept in herp tek vivaria, at the peak of the fire the floor calapsed and the vivariums fell through the floor to the basement area below, this saved their lives, the vivs melted instead of catching fire and the animals escaped. All of the survivors except for the red tegu are all in a critical state and recieveing vetinary care at Goodards in Thamesmead.

We have lost about £35000 worth of animals and equipment, the price is not the issue I morn the corns as much as I do the boa morphs, but we are in desperate need of any equipment, vivariums, heatmats, anything, so that we can house our surviving animals properly when they are ready to come home.

Thx for listening.

Jai
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Old 11-11-2008, 10:07 PM
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Thats terrible, so sorry to hear about your huge loss

Did the fire brigade say what caused the fire?
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Old 11-11-2008, 10:08 PM
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soo sorry for your loss
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Old 11-11-2008, 10:09 PM
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im sorry 4 your loss m8
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Old 11-11-2008, 10:09 PM
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Thats such terrible news for you. Please accept my sincere condolences. I am too far away to help but I'll post this to keep your plea bumped to the top.

I cant imagine how you must feel
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Old 11-11-2008, 10:11 PM
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I just read through my post and it didn't end right, if anybody is able to help please pm me, I will write a list of all our loses when I am ready too, tomorrow is going to be the second hardest day of our lives, we have to remove and dispose of all the bodies, we kept blaming ourselves thinking that maybe we over loaded the sockets but at about 4pm the investigation team pinned the fire to an electrical fault underneath the marine tank.

We can at least stop blaming ourselves and accept it for the tragic accident it is.

Thank u for ur support,

Jai
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Old 11-11-2008, 10:12 PM
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Oh my that's terrible I am so sorry
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im soo sorry to hear for your loss, and im sure there will be some one that is able to help out
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I am very sorry for your loss I hope your surviving animals get better

Once again I am really sorry
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Old 11-11-2008, 10:14 PM
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I hope its ok but i linked this post into the equipment classifieds and asked anyone browsing that if they could help you too.
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