On the 2nd Feb 2005 the Hall at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Manchester suffered a tragic fire which devastated the hall.
The sequence of events below explains what happen that day and in the following days thereafter.
| Wed 2nd February 2005 |
15.00 |
Last members of Pensioners Lunch club leave the building and staff finish tidying up in back bar and kitchen |
15.40 |
Fire discovered as burglar alarm is set off in Hall and fire service is called by Roman Sawczuk, Administrator of AUGB Manchester |
15.50 |
Fire brigade arrive with approx 5 minutes |
15.55 |
More units of Fire brigade arrive and fire fighting of Hall begins |
16.00 |
Police block off Smedley Lane to traffic and 2 ambulances arrive |
16.45 |
Chairman of Social Club Bob Sopel arrives at Fire |
17.00 |
Chairman of AUGB Manchester Mike Mandzij informed of Fire |
18.30 |
Local News reports fire which can be seen upto 5 miles away |
21.00 |
Fire of Hall brought under control and main building is saved |
24.00 |
Fire brigade remain on premises all night to prevent further fire |
| Thurs 3rd February 2005 |
08.30 |
Manchester Council condemn Hall and issue compulsory demolition notice |
09.00 |
Members of Orlyk and CYM begin salvage of national dance costumes and other property of Ukrainian school |
09.30 |
AUGB Chairman Lubomyr Mazur arrives at scene |
09.30 |
Insurance company notified |
10.30 |
Demolition company McGuiness arrives |
12.30 |
Fire service serve restriction notice on first floor of main building |
13.30 |
AUGB Manchester Chairman Mike Mandzij arrives at scene |
13.30 |
Heavy demolition equipment arrives at scene |
15.30 |
Insurance loss adjustor arrives at scene |
17.00 |
Insurance fire investigator arrives at scene |
18.00 |
Premises secured and fire brigade remain at scene with demolition site security |
| Fri 4th February 2005 |
07.30 |
Insurance investigator continues investigation into cause of fire |
08.30 |
Demolition of Hall begins |
10.30 |
Fire brigade leave premises |
11.00 |
Insurance loss adjustor team arrive and have meeting with AUGB Manchester |
19.30 |
Emergency meeting of Manchester community committees. Forward action plan is agreed with the formation of three emergency committees, Insurance/finance liaison, Crisis management, New Hall design |
| Sat 5th February 2005 |
08.00 |
Demolition of Hall continues with heavy duty cutting equipment |
10.00 |
Final salvage operations and clean up operations of community properties |
13.00 |
Meeting with independant Quantity Surveyor to assess Hall reinstatement cost |
| Mon 7th February 2005 |
11.00 |
Insurance fire investigation interview with witnesses to cause of fire |