Fires in Manchester City Centre

The Basement's 30/04

Been down to the Basement today and happy to report that luckily the building has escaped the adjacent inferno.

The Basement is separated from the Dale St building which caught fire this morning by narrow back street but it seems the wind was blowing the right way, away from our social centre.

However the heat set off the spinklers so everything is wet.

There is also damage to front shutters and as we left they were digging up the pavement outside it to get to something electric.

Insurance policy yet to confirm exacly how much is covered.

People managed to get in at 6pm today to get some equipment out.

No one is allowed in there proper until they have demolished the next door building, which they estimate will take about 3 days.

I was told Basement will probably be closed for atleast a week.