Vagrants were known to be sleeping in the rear of the building where the fire started. It was still unclear late this morning whether any bodies are inside. Photo / Belinda Feek.
Vagrants were known to be sleeping in the rear of the building where the fire started. It was still unclear late this morning whether any bodies are inside. Photo / Belinda Feek.
Vagrants were known to be sleeping in an unoccupied Hamilton building which previously housed a strip joint.
There was little holding the Victoria St Calendar Girls in position today after fire ripped through it about 12.15am today.
Waikato fire assistant area commander Daryl Trim said firefighters were this afternoon waiting for a digger to arrive at the scene to remove the roof which had caved in at the back of the property, where the fire started.
The outer side wall of the Calendar Girls building collapsed due to the intensity of the blaze. Photo / Belinda Feek
A double bed lay burnt and exposed after outer layers of the external wall came off during this morning's blaze at Calendar Girls. Photo / Belinda Feek
Vagrants were known to be sleeping in the rear of the building where the fire started. It was still unclear late this morning whether any bodies are inside. Photo / Belinda Feek.
The fire started in rhe rear of the building which has been left mangled while the collapsed wall lays in the driveway to the left. Photo / Belinda Feek
They also wanted to double check that there was nobody inside the charred ruin.
He said the building bore the brunt of the blaze, with the adjacent Biddy Mulligan's Irish bar suffering water and minor smoke damage.
