| Waitarere
Beach
Four Square
Fire
2008
Update: Frank has plans to get the shop
rebuilt in time for summer!! We all can't wait!!
**Updated photos further down the page
early
hours Sunday morning...fire just put out
Beanie Pik
Gutted!!!
Chronicle Pik
1am
on Monday morning, the 21st July, a Levin policeman was driving
past the Waitarere Beach 4 Square on patrol. He noticed smoke
coming from the building and called it in. By the time Fire Brigades
from Waitarere Beach, Levin and Foxton attended the fire, it was
well ablaze. The shop didn’t burn to the ground, but was
completely gutted.
‘Fire
service Investigator Murray Kidd said it looked as though it was
started by a fault in the shops electrical fuse board. Whether
it could be weather related had been looked at he said. “Basically
there had been a lot of lightning and thunder down in the area
at the time when the fire happened. These things have been taken
into consideration”…Shop Owner Frank Taylor said the
start of the fire was captured on the stores security cameras,
making insurance investigations simpler. “That’s the
advantage of having it on film, there was no question of how it
started” he said. The cost of lost stock and damage to the
shop was not available, he said…The Waitarere fire crew
did a great job…we were lucky we have as good fire service…they
really did a great job”
Brigade
Deputy Chief Roger Nichol said the fire was well underway when
the brigade arrived. A call was made for back up and Foxton, Levin
and the districts rural brigade answered. “It took us several
hours to bring it under control…to stop it spreading to
other buildings. Luckily it was in the western area of the shop,
furtherest from other buildings.” Horowhenua mail Thursday
24th July.’
Frank
has also indicated that once everything has been cleaned out,
the remainder of what was left would be demolished to make room
for a new shop, open hopefully at Christmas for the summer peak
season.
In
the meantime, you can get the Newspapers from Drinas café,
the one at the rear of the carpark, east side of what is left
of the Four Square. The mail delivery will continue and plans
are underway for alternative temporary premises. Stay tuned for
updated information.
We’re really going to miss your fresh bread and croissants
Frank. All the best for the renovations…if it had to happen,
thank god it was during the quieter winter season…
Good luck frank
Our
thoughts are with you…the waitarerebeach.net.nz community
Sunday
Inside Sunday 27th July 08
Sally Pik
Front
of the shop....Sunday 27th July 08
Beanie Pik
Monday
28th July 08
Susanne Pik
Monday
28th July 08
Susanne Pik
Franks
Shop has gone now!!!
Thursday
7th August 08
Susanne Pik
Thursday
7th August 08
Susanne Pik
Thursday
7th August 08
Susanne Pik
Thursday 7th
August 08
Susanne Pik
Stay
tuned for updated Photos...thank you to the locals, Beanie especially,
for help regarding photos!!!!
By
the way...
Check
out the photos
of the freak storm that happened the same week!!! Mixed with a
huge high tide, it really was a day to be careful if you were
going for a nosey at the beach entrance...isn't that right Murray!!!!!!
(He
almost lost his ute in the tide and he was parked up
on the tar seal of the entrance-way)
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