Vintage motorbikes up in flames
0 Comments | Nelson Mail, The, Feb 11, 2010 | by BOARD Andrew
THREE vintage motorcycles were among items destroyed in a shed fire at Brooklyn, near Motueka, yesterday.
The fire started about 1.30pm on Little Sydney Rd and smoke could be seen from Motueka township.
Motueka deputy fire chief Mike Compton said investigations into how the fire started were continuing today.
Owner John Anderson said he was “devastated” by the blaze and didn’t know what might have caused it.
“Absolutely nothing, no idea. I was here at 10am and my neighbour was here at midday and we saw nothing then . . . now look at it. There was 40 years of stuff in there,” he said.
Among items destroyed was a tractor, tools, three vintage motorbikes and a vintage motor that was 130 years old.
“It was just a storage-type shed really, but there was a hell of a lot of stuff in there.”
Mr Anderson said he was at work in Motueka when his wife rang him with the news.
“I just took off and got up here as soon as I could.”
Mr Compton said because of a lack of water in the area, fire trucks were summoned from both Motueka and Tasman stations.
“The water isn’t the greatest up there, so we got the Tasman station along as well and they were pumping water out of a creek.
“It had been burning for a while before we got here
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