Kenrow Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 Bad news for TR owners: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave McDonald Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 Well, I’m no Firefighter but there didn’t seem to be much urgency about the Fire crew to try to put the fire out. Apart from the water jet from the elevated ladder there seemed to be lots of guys wandering about doing very little. The white gable building to the left with smoke billowing out of the roof seemed to be getting no attention until very late in proceedings when the TR6 was reversed out. Dave McD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kenrow Posted December 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 ARMAGH, Pa. – More than a dozen fire companies from two counties were called out around 1 a.m. Monday for what officials are describing as a total-loss commercial structure fire on the 300 block of Killen Road in Indiana County. Nearly 12 hours later, crews were still at the scene, dousing the rubble of The Roadster Factory in water. "I would think we're going to be here for 20 hours," Armagh Fire Chief Tom Fry said. "And then we're probably going to get called back." The state police fire marshal has been contacted to investigate the cause of the fire at the Armagh location, he said. The roughly 48,000-square-foot facility was engulfed in flames throughout the early hours of the morning while more than 100 firefighters surrounded the structure and tried to contain the blaze. As the sun rose on Christmas morning, all that was left was a gutted brick structure in the front of the business and smoldering ruins behind. Firefighters managed to pull a few antique cars from the showroom. The vehicles later sat on the lawn in front of the factory, but the full extent of the loss was unknown. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted December 25, 2023 Report Share Posted December 25, 2023 Local reportage here Heartbreaking news. https://www.tribdem.com/news/roadster-factory-a-total-loss-after-christmas-morning-fire-armagh-chief-says/article_9fd287e2-a330-11ee-90de-7319c0164473.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rcreweread Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 Didn’t TRF have several of the Le Man TRS cars and a stock of Sabrina engines? If they have been destroyed, that will be a major loss to the Triumph community. Fingers crossed they were somewhere else cheers Rich Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deggers Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 KDKA TV News report from CBS Pittsburgh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 35 minutes ago, rcreweread said: Didn’t TRF have several of the Le Man TRS cars and a stock of Sabrina engines? If they have been destroyed, that will be a major loss to the Triumph community. Fingers crossed they were somewhere else cheers Rich Albert Runyan sold those several yesrs ago as he worked to settle Charles Runyan’s estate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR NIALL Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 minute ago, Don H. said: Albert Runyan sold those several yesrs ago as he worked to settle Charles Runyan’s estate. I think you’ll find some made their way across to the U.K. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tr graham Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 Both of the TRs 926 HP & 929 HP are still in the USA with new guardians, along with the Sabrina engine parts that went with them . graham Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR NIALL Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, tr graham said: Both of the TRs 926 HP & 929 HP are still in the USA with new guardians, along with the Sabrina engine parts that went with them . graham Thanks Graham I thought you may have gained a few Spares for your ongoing project. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tr graham Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 Nial we are fully up and running in the Sabrina dept ,hopefully finish the whole project this year . graham Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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super6al Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 Terribly sad news. Can only imagine how much has been lost & hope they can salvage the business at some point. My son lives in Texas so whenever we visit I order parts from TRF & collect them from his house. Always found TRF parts were good quality & reasonably priced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roy53 Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 On 12/25/2023 at 7:58 PM, Dave McDonald said: Well, I’m no Firefighter but there didn’t seem to be much urgency about the Fire crew to try to put the fire out. Apart from the water jet from the elevated ladder there seemed to be lots of guys wandering about doing very little. The white gable building to the left with smoke billowing out of the roof seemed to be getting no attention until very late in proceedings when the TR6 was reversed out. Dave McD I must agree with Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndyR100 Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 51 minutes ago, roy53 said: I must agree with Dave If I remember correctly, the recovery of property is well down the list of priorities for firefighters these days - Life, safety and containment come well before suppression and property. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michaeldavis39 Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) Massive problems for the fire dept, damaged hoses with poor leaky connections, lack of water- no wonder they just looked like they were stood watching it burn- what could they do Edited December 27, 2023 by michaeldavis39 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 Albert Runyan posted some post-fire photos from 27 December 2023 to the “Triumphs List” listserv. Just heartbreaking https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPGvBUqtkb2YhUsWRTOxoKJBVuOILgsZnWR9ueg6JwV-RDptL5adZd4xfNuWuTCbQ?pli=1&key=MGdsZ1VNZTVTMmhtcEk5TGkzREs1ZzZrY2dyYzhB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hamish Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 Here’s a direct link https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPGvBUqtkb2YhUsWRTOxoKJBVuOILgsZnWR9ueg6JwV-RDptL5adZd4xfNuWuTCbQ?pli=1&key=MGdsZ1VNZTVTMmhtcEk5TGkzREs1ZzZrY2dyYzhB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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