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 GORE
  
Location: Niagara region
Gender: Male
 |  | Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
< on 3/10/2009 4:20 PM >
|  | | | Fire sweeps through Prudhomme's Landing
Suspicious blaze at closed water park
March 10, 2009
John Burman and Emma Reilly
VINELAND – Tim Smith had five minutes to get out and pray flames did not destroy his home and paintball operation when fire struck the fabled long-closed amusement park at Prudhomme’s Landing this morning.
Smith the owner of Niagara Tactical Adventure Games on the site, didn’t argue when Niagara fire fighters came knocking just after 3 a.m.
The old Victoria Hall dance hall built on the 1940s on the site was already in flames.
Smith said the hall was broken into just last week, a harbinger of today’s suspicious fire.
His home and business escaped damage because it is detached from the hall.
The major blaze has severely damaged what remained of the fabled amusement park water park at Prudohmme's Landing . Niagara fire fighters were still putting out hot spots at 8 a.m..
The blaze has destroyed the old Victoria Hall on site. A rising pall of smoke above the near-derelict site north of the Queen Elizabeth Way at Victoria Avenue North caused a major distraction for morning traffic as motorists slow to gawk until firefighters had the blaze under control just after 6 but traffic is now moving freely.
The fire has ironic significance for Niagara fire fighters Deputy chief Greg Hudson said the department used to have their member appreciation dinners in the old hall in its heyday.
There have been no injuries reported.
Fire officials say the cause is suspicious and Ontario Fire Marshal’s investigators will be on site this morning. Constable Jacquie Forgeron, spokesperson for the Niagara police said the service’s arson unit will assist the OFM where needed.
No cause has been determined for the blaze, which appears to have destroyed the original 1940s dance hall – once a miniature world attraction and most lately a paint ball gaming facility – on the site.
No estimate of damage is available.
It is not clear exactly when the fire was reported early this morning, but flames were said to be jumping 25 meters in the air because the blazing d dance hall was fully involved.
At least half a dozen fire trucks including an aerial ladder battled the blaze.
The 90-acre park site, which included the Wet N’ Wild Waterpark, closed in 2002.
At its height, the park boasted a mountain with water slides, bumper cars and a variety of amusement park rides including a Tilt-a-Whirl.
A number of plans have been discussed recently for the site, including a housing project or a big-box retail development.
The amusement park started out as a small water park on a man-made hill near Jordan.
It was located behind Victoria Hall, a 40s-style dance hall. It originally had two or three water slides but eventually came to have a wave pool, two water slides, a lazy river, and a tube ride.
The amusement ride section included Bumper Boats, Bumper Cars, Go-Karts , and a "Tilt-A-Whirl". A miniature train was also there in the Miniature World attraction.
Original story link: http://www.thespec...ews/article/527321
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phrenzee
    
Location: Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 1 on 3/10/2009 4:49 PM >
| | | | Wow. If I recall correctly, that is the building with the super loud audible alarm.
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Intrinsic
Location: Collingwood
Gender: Male
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 2 on 3/10/2009 7:43 PM >
| | | | This story is yet another reason why it's important for people to get out and capture these places on film while they can.
Eventually some shithead may come along and burn it down.
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Brian_n
 
Location: Toronto/Waterloo, ON
Gender: Male
Rooftops & Traintracks
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 3 on 3/10/2009 7:52 PM >
| | | | Man.. that suuucks. I don't understand why people do this in the first place.
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Boffo
 
Moderator
Location: Smithers, BC
Gender: Male
HONK! HONK!
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 4 on 3/10/2009 8:12 PM >
| | | | Doesn't the Niagara region have a serial arsonist? I seem to remember hearing about a bunch of houses in the Wainfleet area being burned down or something.
http://www.uer.ca/...ow.asp?locid=23684
I wonder how much is left?
Here's a lockpick. It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you. |
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| |  |  | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 5 on 3/10/2009 8:42 PM >
| | | | I'm surprised it took this long.
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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Boffo
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Location: Smithers, BC
Gender: Male
HONK! HONK!
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 6 on 3/10/2009 8:52 PM >
| | | | Well from those photos of the building in the database... this isn't the first time it's been set ablaze.
Here's a lockpick. It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you. |
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rob.i.am
Gender: Male
Carpe noctum
| | | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 7 on 3/10/2009 10:06 PM >
| | | | Posted by sudbury
This story is yet another reason why it's important for people to get out and capture these places on film while they can.
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Posted by GORE
Smith said the hall was broken into just last week, a harbinger of today’s suspicious fire.
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Hmmm.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rob666/ |
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Axle
Location: Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 8 on 3/10/2009 10:13 PM >
| | | | Heard this one the radio driving into work today. My dad asked: "So you've been there right?"
Celer at Audax
Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! |
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GORE
Location: Niagara region
Gender: Male
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 9 on 3/10/2009 10:35 PM >
| | | | Just got back from the site, I'll have some photos up later tonight to show everyone whats left.
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GORE
Location: Niagara region
Gender: Male
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 10 on 3/11/2009 2:15 AM >
| | | | Here are a few photos taken this evening.
While the frame is still there on the main face of the building there doesn't seem to be much left otherwise.
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Rickie Dee
Location: Barrie
Gender: Male
i smash window panes and rave in waste drains
| | | | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 11 on 3/11/2009 3:43 AM >
| | | | awesome pics man!
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GORE
Location: Niagara region
Gender: Male
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 12 on 3/11/2009 3:45 AM >
| | | | Thanks Rickie,
I figured I should get out to get some shots quickly...as its uncertain how long the building will be around now.
It's a shame to see the place in such a state, I was hoping they would be able to reuse the building some day.
[last edit 3/11/2009 3:47 AM by GORE - edited 1 times]
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Boffo
Moderator
Location: Smithers, BC
Gender: Male
HONK! HONK!
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 13 on 3/11/2009 4:14 AM >
| | | | That's not the building I thought it was at all.
Here's a lockpick. It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you. |
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GORE
Location: Niagara region
Gender: Male
| | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 14 on 3/11/2009 4:19 AM >
| | | | The building you posted from the DB was gone many years ago.
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marvin
Location: On board the Heart of Gold with Zaphod BeebleBrox
| | | Re: Fire at Prudhomme's Landing hall (former Wet n' Wild)
<Reply # 15 on 3/11/2009 6:32 AM >
| | | | Posted by Boffo
Doesn't the Niagara region have a serial arsonist? I seem to remember hearing about a bunch of houses in the Wainfleet area being burned down or something.
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I think there's more than one arsonist running around Niagara - a bunch of cities have been hit over the past few years.
I wanted to get inside that place, but never did
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