BBC: Hard Rock Cafe On Fire

BBC ^ | 09/07/05

[Big Bad Bob]

Central London restaurant on fire

The restaurant is a popular destination for tourists A fire has broken out at the Hard Rock Cafe in central London.

Eight fire engines are attending to the fire at the seven-storey restaurant situated in Piccadilly's Park Lane, the London Fire Brigade said.

Ducting at the building was alight from the ground all the way up to the roof, a spokeswoman said. There is no information on casualties.

The fire takes place as the emergency services struggle to recover victims of this week's bomb attacks in London.

[MadIvan]

If it was the kitchen that went up in flames, and provided no one got hurt, it was no great loss.

Regards, Ivan

[RoseofTexas]

Perhaps a French tourist was upset with the cuisine!! :)

[AnAmericanMother]

If the ducting is involved, it's probably a grease fire.

Noisy, smelly, smoky, and usually not dangerous to life or limb.

Hopefully everybody got out O.K. and the fire brigade members won't get hurt putting it out. Otherwise, as you say, no great loss.

[Living Free in NH]

Is this the Hard Rock Casino between Piccadilly Circus & Leicester Square?

[CindyDawg]

Yeah, I went to one here and it was too loud and the food was nothing to brag about. I haven't been back.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

If it was the kitchen that went up in flames, and provided no one got hurt, it was no great loss.

Food wasn't worth what they were charging anyhow...

[CurlyBill]

LOL!! French Bastards!

[End Times Sentinel]

it was no great loss.

 

You, sir, will change your tune when you get a hankerin' for a 35£ cheeseburger and a 25£ budweiser.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[Delta 21]

Someone threw a match in the cooks hair.

[Uncle Hal]

I remember eating there years ago. I lost a filling eating a chicken salad. Never could figure out how I did that. As luck would have it, our neighbor in LA had a cousin in London that was married to a dentist.

[steveo]

[RandallFlagg]

Heh! The only Hard Rock Cafe I've ever been to was in Mombasa, Kenya.

[Larry Lucido]

Glad you still have your sense of humor!

[OpusatFR]

We visited (once) in LV. What a colossal waste of time and mediocre McDonald's fare to boot.

[MadIvan]

And I found the music wasn't that good either.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Life goes on. Humour is eternal. :)

Regards, Ivan

[woofie]

How is the Soft Rock doing?

[x1stcav]

No doubt a 'grease' fire.

I agree with Ivan...no great loss.

[MortMan]

I hear it's taking Viagra now...