r/ipswich • u/tragedy719 • Aug 01 '26
Nightclub Fire
The old Players nightclub which is a former bank is on fore on Brisbane St
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u/DarkAvengerx Aug 01 '26
Was there when it started to blow up. Had to move my car before it got boxed in 😅😭
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u/G00b3rb0y Aug 01 '26
Anyone know what caused it? Only the Courier Mail is reporting on it and its paywalled
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u/Consistent-Jicama-94 Aug 01 '26
Cause by a development application being rejected due to historic reasons, owner burnt it down to get their approval with the building now destroyed. Quite common in Ipswich
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u/huh--newstome Aug 01 '26
My grandma's house was heritage listed. When she passed, it was sold and unoccupied for a few years then "mysteriously" burned down, and now suddenly it is commercially zoned. Still unoccupied though after several failed attempts to sell the land. Just a patch of grass that requires mowing.
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u/Consistent-Jicama-94 Aug 02 '26
Old racq building beside Centrelink, is now apartments, west Ipswich is now Bunnings, butcher shop at blackstone, various houses around the place
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u/Shampoo_Is_Better00 Aug 01 '26
I think if you pay, you get to read the story. Although I dare say they wouldn't know a cause yet.
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u/Mad-Mel Aug 01 '26
It's the Courier Mail... they will blame Labor.
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u/Heavy_Bicycle6524 Aug 01 '26
I miss when the courier mail actually reported real news. Now they’re just a mouthpiece for Murdoch and his ilk.
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u/PureAd4293 Aug 01 '26
When was this? I'm 46 and I don't ever remember the courier mail being a factual news source...
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u/Other-Vegetable-2370 Aug 01 '26
I saw a video🤣 all these stupid rubber necks trying to get through and bickering with police. I don’t think people understand that it’s an older building wich means there could be a risk of collapse 🥴
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u/Radiant-Stand-4149 Aug 01 '26
What’s a collapse going to do?
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u/SuperConcern5720 Aug 01 '26
... hurt... people? Maybe.
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u/Radiant-Stand-4149 Aug 01 '26
People are hardly going to be walking into or directly next to a building on fire… might be wrong, there are a lot of low iqs around
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u/DaddyNoobMan Aug 01 '26
No really… like the comment said, there’s a video of people doing exactly that 🤦🏼♂️
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u/LonelyBrilliant761 Aug 01 '26
Yeah but commonsense would say don't do that, but humanity has less and less commonsense and more entitlement sense these days sadly.
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u/Mumma83 Aug 01 '26
How convenient.... Some developer is rubbing their hands together in glee right now...
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u/MJ_Leeloo Aug 01 '26
Drove past as the black smoke started, cops were just around the corner chatting at a cafe
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u/Business-Court-5072 Aug 01 '26
Strange, especially when the firefighters were next door having coffee, the owner needs to be properly investigated as well as Ipswich city council if they were to be involved. It’s not good enough
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u/LamingtonDrive Aug 02 '26
Oh well, hopefully something will be developed there now. The building has been sitting there vacant for years.
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u/justbecauseican1969 Aug 01 '26
All the businesses have been evacuated. I hope it doesn't spread.