Guys,
I realise that we have have arguments in this Forum about Asbestos.
And I was on the side of the manufacturers.
That was until the other night.
One qualifying statement would be is that I was a Paid FF with the guy that is about to give his story.
There was a building in Timaru that burned to the ground last weekend, it used to be a factory, that shut down 4-5 years ago.
It was an old apparel factory, the roof was made of asbestos, much like a lot of the older roofs in Ashburton are.
Fire Safety Officers said at the time that the tiles had no asbestos.
Samples sent to ESR (Government Scientific research), said that the roof was made entirely of asbestos.
Gary, the Officer in Charge at the time said that had he known that asbestos was in there at the time, he would have held his Fire-Fighters back.
Even though they were wearing Breathing Apparatus.
IMHO, I would have let the place burn.
Even dampening down with asbestos is risky, get the fire as hot as you can