It seems there is currently a woodland fire within a mile of two of Towers of Towers near Dimmingsdale according to the Stoke Sentinel & Derby Evening Telegraph papers.
Given the current tinder-dry conditions, it makes you wonder what precautions Alton Towers have in place for such a fire in their grounds? They have lots of woodland and garden areas which must be tinder-dry by now given the warm weather we're enjoying & look set to enjoy for some weeks to come.
Add to this that the guest demographic at Towers is probably more likely than the general public to enjoy a crafty cigarette outside a designated smoking area and think nothing of flicking the cigarette butt into the undergrowth / a hedge etc. (Bare in mind we're just about to enter school trips peak fortnight-3 weeks and crafty smoking is still seen as a rite of passage by many school aged people).
We have seen two fires at Alton Towers (Skyride Maindrive & Skyride CCL). The formet happened when the park was open and resulted in Forbidden Valley closing early - the building still got heavily burnt out. The Skyride CCL fire happened out of park hours and the building was left as a steel framed shell. Both of these fires were semi-contained as in buildings - woodland / gardens fires are way harder to control.
Given the current tinder-dry conditions, it makes you wonder what precautions Alton Towers have in place for such a fire in their grounds? They have lots of woodland and garden areas which must be tinder-dry by now given the warm weather we're enjoying & look set to enjoy for some weeks to come.
Add to this that the guest demographic at Towers is probably more likely than the general public to enjoy a crafty cigarette outside a designated smoking area and think nothing of flicking the cigarette butt into the undergrowth / a hedge etc. (Bare in mind we're just about to enter school trips peak fortnight-3 weeks and crafty smoking is still seen as a rite of passage by many school aged people).
We have seen two fires at Alton Towers (Skyride Maindrive & Skyride CCL). The formet happened when the park was open and resulted in Forbidden Valley closing early - the building still got heavily burnt out. The Skyride CCL fire happened out of park hours and the building was left as a steel framed shell. Both of these fires were semi-contained as in buildings - woodland / gardens fires are way harder to control.