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Old 11th March 2014, 14:45
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Fire station and appliance destroyed by fire.
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Old 11th March 2014, 19:09
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Someone help out with the maths here? 11 x 110,000?

My calculator says 1210000, but where does one put the point? (12 million?)

Either way, it's a lot of money.
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From the right put a comer after every third digit = £1,210,000 not £12 but £1.2 Million
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DOH! I did mean 1.2 million honest!

Thanks for your help Ian.
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Old 11th March 2014, 22:07
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Do you think it was a training exercise?

(that got out of hand)
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One way of getting rid of obsolete equipment I suppose!
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