[AusNOG] Exchange Fire - Parklea NSW

[Michael Keating]

A couple of photos posted on Twitter confirms that...

https://twitter.com/big_gaffa/status/861778669324382208

Michael Keating

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Conflicts nicely with the "small fire" story that was being told earlier...
>
> On 9 May 2017 at 13:26, Christopher Hawker <christopher at dataonenetworks.
> com.au> wrote:
>
>> This is the notice as reported by Telstra on servicestatus.telstra.com:
>>
>>
>> "A fire at the Parklea Exchange in Sydney overnight has caused extensive
>> damage and interrupted some home and business broadband and phone services
>> in Parklea and Kellyville. There is also a disruption to a small number of
>> mobile base stations in the area. The site has now been declared safe and
>> our techs are onsite to assess the full damage and start work on the repair
>> job. Due to the extent of the damage we expect permanent restoration to
>> take a number of days, so while that work takes place we are deploying two
>> Mobile Exchange on Wheels (MEOW) to the area to get customers back online
>> as soon as possible. We expect the MEOWs to arrive onsite tomorrow morning,
>> and we will provide updates on potential restoration times as soon as we
>> have more information."
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Christopher Hawker
>>
>> DataOne Networks
>>
>> Phone: +61 434 512 834 <+61%20434%20512%20834>
>>
>>
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>> *From:* AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Andrew
>> Yager <andrew at rwts.com.au>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 May 2017 1:15:08 PM
>> *To:* Robert Hudson
>> *Cc:* AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Exchange Fire - Parklea NSW
>>
>> We first saw service loss around 1:50am for services that fed from that
>> exchange.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
>>
>> On 9 May 2017 at 10:41, Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Adding more - apparently the fire started sometime around 3am, and has
>>> only in the last little while been extinguished.
>>>
>>> On 9 May 2017 at 10:39, Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The info I have access to seems to concur more with the reported AAPT
>>>> stated position on the matter than the reported Telstra stated position...
>>>>
>>>> On 9 May 2017 at 09:13, Tony de Francesco <tonyd at pue.com.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think you were right the first time.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9 May 2017 09:10, "Nathan Brookfield" <
>>>>> Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hahaha 'Sparkles' exchange, thanks iPhone auto correct.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So it appears their was a fire at the 'Parklea' exchange overnight
>>>>>> for anyone impacted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nathan Brookfield
>>>>>> Chief Executive Officer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
>>>>>> http://www.simtronic.com.au
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9 May 2017, at 09:08, Nathan Brookfield <
>>>>>> Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Morning Everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So it appears their was a fire at the sparkles exchange overnight for
>>>>>> anyone impacted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> AAPT are advising the exchange 'Burnt Down' and Telstra are saying
>>>>>> 'Small Fire'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not quite sure of the actual inspect yet apart from some services
>>>>>> down in the Blaxktown area but if anyone has further information to add,
>>>>>> please do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nathan Brookfield
>>>>>> Chief Executive Officer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
>>>>>> http://www.simtronic.com.au
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