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some moron tried to burn down the Pattullo Bridge

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SURREY (NEWS1130) - Bad news for commuters, a fire on the Pattullo Bridge will have it shut down in both directions throughout tomorrow morning's commute.

The blaze began around 3am.

The wooden beams under the bridge deck caught on fire and then spread to the actual bridge itself.

Inspector Derren Lench with Surrey RCMP says there were cars on the bridge when the fire broke out.

"Upon arrival they found flames that were coming up onto the south end of the Pattullo Bridge from both sides of the bridge deck. There was traffic found on the bridge, I think there was a bus actually stopped right in the location of the fire and some other vehicles."

Ken Hardie with TransLink says the span will remain closed until structural engineers can do a thorough assessment.

"The engineers told me a few moments ago, the bridge will not be open tomorrow morning. We have damage assessments such that they don't feel safe letting the bridge open. We're going to take a look at those timbers to see what are our options are."

What sparked the fire has not yet been determined, however investigators are treating the fire as suspicious.

The translink guy said on Global that if its severe it will take a month to replace the section damaged.

Oh my god... a month of traffic hell.

wow bad news hope its all good

Guess I'm taking transit tomorrow. >.>

WOW!! WTF is that guy thinking??

Glad I don't have to drive over that bridge, but i feel for everyone that does!!

Well, if it did burn down, there'd be no choice but to build another bridge.

Just when you thought having a jumper on a bridge to block traffic for 8 hours was bad...

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Originally Posted by Presto (Post 6230830)

Well, if it did burn down, there'd be no choice but to build another bridge.

that would be a smart choice, maybe tats wat that guy was thinking in the first place. Burn it, build new one:haha:

Holy shit. I drove across the bridge at 12:30am last night. Thats fucked.

My dad works in New West, now he's going to have to take the Port Mann, it is going to be a shitty commute for him.

if I ever meet that guy I'd slice his scrotum and put an earwig inside.

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Originally Posted by observer (Post 6230851)

Terrorist attack?

LOL! Nooo, not the Pattullo! (end of sarcasm)

^ LOL ~ If it was... what a dumb terrorist! :haha:

Maybe with all the downtime now, they can fix all the craters on the deck now.

who the hell builds a large traffic bridge outa wood beams.

does that mean sfu surrey students are fucked?

imagine if the bridge actually collapsed and hundreds died, the lullaby lower mainland parents would sing to their children "patullo bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down....."

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Originally Posted by johny (Post 6231044)

who the hell builds a large traffic bridge outa wood beams.

lol... it's an old bridge, so they just make it structurally sound after time goes on. They never really re-build it.

Did anyone get hurt?

omgs, the port man and all the interchanges around it are gonna be even bigger cluster fucks

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Originally Posted by jaguar604 (Post 6231084)

omgs, the port man and all the interchanges around it are gonna be even bigger cluster fucks

Alex Fraser and Queensborough will be feeling it to.

i keep reading some MORMON tried to burn down the bridge XD

that bridge shudda been replaced 20yrs ago n e ways...
its jus not safe w/ all the traffic it handles today

should have tried a bigger jerry can for more fire awesome.

I mean..... 2 lane bridge wtf?