Wooden huts in Crawley destroyed by fire (From The Argus)
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Wooden huts in Crawley destroyed by fire
8:11am Monday 26th July 2010 in
Firefighters spent the early hours of the morning tackling a blaze where three recreational huts were destroyed.
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service crews from Crawley, Horsham and Horley were called to Tilgate Huts, in Tilgate Forest, behind the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley, at 2.05am today.
The wooden huts, which were 25 metres by 25 metres each, were completely destroyed by the flames.
Firefighters spent more than four hours using four pumps and specialist equipment to extinguish the fire.
Sussex Police were also called to the scene and the cause of the fire is being investigated.
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peebee9
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12:06pm Mon 26 Jul 10
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Servalan says...
11:47am Mon 26 Jul 10
10 seconds of interweb browsing tells me that they were home to the following:
1 Crawley Sports Table Tennis Club
2 Foresters Table Tennis Club
3 Ji Do Kwan Tae Kwon Do Association
5 Fi-Steps Performing Arts and Dance
6 Artisans Motoring Club
7 Crawley Operatic Society
8 Crawley Model Railway Society
9 Gatwick Kickboxing Club
10 Nautical Training Corps - TS Superb
11 Crawley Scooter Club
12 Crawley War Games Club
13 Crawley Cycling Club
14 Cho-Wa Ju-Jitsu Association, and Crawley Ki Aikido Club
15 Shin Ichi Do Iaido Club
16 Crawley Camera Club
17 Crawley Judo Club
18 Crawley Amateur Radio Club
19 Forest Amateur Musical Entertainers (FAME)
20 Crawley School of Tae Kwondo
21 Evolutionary Martial Systems
24 Crawley Branch of the British Sub Aqua Club
25 Crawley Karate Club
26 Forest Gym
27 Ichi Ban Karate Club
28 Ariel Drama Plus
29 SE Division National Model Railway Association
30 Crawley Slot Car Club
31 Nautical Training Corps - TS Glorious
As such, a possible theory regarding the destruction of the huts must surely be an internecine war between the dozens of different martial arts factions, all doing a lot of "kung fu fighting", which would have been a "little bit frightning".
One can easily picture the woods swarming with maniacally martial arts fanatics, perhaps reminiscent of the classic late 70s New York gang film "The Warriors".