Camden Markets Gone

[cyberspice]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7237252.stm

This is terribly terribly sad...

I know I'm not the only one that, given the development wishes for the area, find this all a bit suspicious...

Comments

[alicephilippa.livejournal.com]

It is suspicious. Even if it cannot be demonstrated to have been arson then sadly it is not the first, nor will it be the last such convenient fire.

:(

Alice.

[echo-echo.livejournal.com]

I don't believe this is arson. Yes, given the seemingly precarious state of our alternative markets in general these days, it's easy to jump to conclusions. But would an arsonist really be able to do this at a very busy time, 7pm on a Sat evening and get away with no witnesses? Not to mention, there is a world of difference between arson and mass murder, which this potentially could have turned into.

I very much suspect that arson would have occurred at a far more salubrious time.

I'm hedging with a sad accident. From what I gather witnesses reported an explosion, possibly from the car maintenance garages adjacent. And I suspect sadly 'alternative market' also equated to 'poor maintenance and safety practices'. Not to mention, a lot of stalls close to each other, full of flammable items, possibly gas fires etc etc. I'm more surprised that this has never happened sooner tbh.

[origamitiger.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with all of the above and the main damage has been to the shops in front of the market, I doubt it.

Not as many stalls were burnt as first thought.
My thoughts are with people who lost their homes, which there has been little or no media coverage of.