title	Uni: The Fire-Bombing of Dingles, Plymouth, Devon - 19th December 1988
intro	Whilst watching the TV, there's a newsflash that the Dingles department store, in the heart of Plymouth, is on fire - a fact verified by peering out of the bedroom window in Stonehouse and seeing the smoke a couple of miles away. This requires an impromptu trip on the bike with the camera to take a closer look and once there, in the days before the Nanny State, there's not much of a cordon so it's easy to get close enough to feel the heat from the flames and to hear several explosions from within the building. The fire-bombing was eventually claimed by animal rights activists, who had set some small incendiary devices in the dress section. They had apparently intended just to damage some stock, but hadn't factored in the lack of sprinklers in that part of the store, leading to a fire which just kept going until it had destroyed the top two floors of the building - damage which cost £20 million to repair. There is some repetition in this set of photos, but it was a newsworthy event so they are here for the sake of completion and documentation.
scan-120227-0027	Nosher arrives as the fire is still quite small
scan-120227-0028	Smoke billows out of the roof
scan-120227-0020	There's quite a crowd watching the smoke
scan-120227-0016	The fire spreads
scan-120227-0030	The fire on third floor is spreading
scan-120227-0015	The top-floor fire gets worse
scan-120227-0022	Crowds look on as the flames get hotter
scan-120227-0021	The crowds hang around
scan-111230-0031	Ladder-mounted hoses douse the flames
scan-120227-0010	A fire hose sprays down into the flames
scan-120227-0011	Hot blue flames burst out of the top floor of Dingles
scan-120227-0012	More intense fire and hot blue flames
scan-120227-0013	A fireball
scan-120227-0009	Flames curl out of the top floor
scan-111230-0005	The smouldering roof of Dingles
scan-111230-0034	A dude stands on the roof of the opposite building
scan-111230-0006	The next morning, the devastation is clear
scan-111230-0007	Crowds mill around and discuss the damage