Major fire on the Scenic Railway 7th Apr. Suspected arson.

[EAS]

Awful. Just awful.

Has anyone managed to contact Nick?

I've e-mailed him.

[SHOOTGODDEN]

Just got back from seeing the old girl on fire, quite upsetting many memories on that coaster.
Justice will prevail

[EAS]

But what happened to the security which was supposed to be on site?

Justice - proof required. No doubt the real culprit will have sound alibis.

[Lou]

ON MY LOCAL NEWS IT SAID 50 PERCENT OF THE SCENIC GONE- OTHERS ARE SAYING ITS ALL BUT DESTROYED.......lets hope is salvagable. God only knows...this is terrible.

[Zoidstar]

Station gone about 50% of the track superstructure reported as destroyed acording to BBC South-east.

A sad day

[EAS]

It's what we all feared.

Listed cinema will be next.

[porf]

Wrong link in above post,

More photos

http://eastcliffrichard.blogspot.com/2008/04/dreamland-dreams-go-up-in-smoke.html

[EAS]

I presume the station had the cars stored inside...

[lutonlad]

You can safely say thats put an end to the save dreamland campaign. With the scenic now gone and no doubt it will have to be destroyed for safety, we have no campaign, three years from now we will be looking at another tower block development filled with our foreign friends.

I demand that a full inquest be raised and the scenic rebuilt as per the origonal design, but no doubt there was an electrical fault which caused the fire.

Gary

[gregfin]

Very disappointing, but surely this won't be the end of the campaign... the Scenic Railway may rise from the ashes!

I got a photo of the smoke from the Hartsdown area...
http://www.gregfindley.com/images/margatefire.jpg

[jonshrub]

Police are treating fire as suspicious at present. I am under no illusion as to whats gone on there this afternoon that will spoil the lives of so many people for the benefit of just 1 person.

[EAS]

A fire in THREE places an accident?

I bet there's no insurance - and even if it could be rebuilt, not enough historic fabric left. It 's no longer then a listed structure and protected. A bit of the nation's history in ashes.

How long for the cinema...

[Lou]

No, I'M SURE THIS WON'T BE THE END - The scenic deserves better than that and Dreamland too. We are still here and we can and should carry on.

[kevinashe]

these scenes absolutely sicken me but the parks plans have to go ahead along with restoration of whats left of the scenic.I take it nicks on site the now and i am tring to find out how bad the damage is but new is very limited

[Josh]

I feel sick.. I remember when i was a little kid i used to love that rollercoaster