QFES, Ep 1, Transit meltdown: Paddington Tram Depot, 1962

It’s easy to forget that trams once rumbled over tracks across Brisbane, but the memory of these transport glory days remains firmly in the mind of one firefighter for tragic reasons. In 1962, rookie firefighter Brian Dutton fought an infamous inferno that would signal the beginning of the end for Brisbane’s tram network. Produced by Brendan Bowen

[@56music64]

Saw that fire from our house at Camp Hill. Went for a drive a few days later to see it. That was the death knell for the trams

[@leeny1871]

What a sad piece of history

[@kevincronin1461]

Clem Jones would have loved it

[@thegreaterbilby2171]

What would have caused the green flames that were mentioned?

[@dondon9829]

kryptonite

[@lauriegarth2283]

Copper causes green flames

[@russ123321bunya]

Copper wire from the lines, probably spools of it located all through the depot

[@DirtySlapper99]

I believe the tram roof's were copper

[@allanegleston13]

hmmmm

[@kcox3090]

Clem Jones had a hit done on the trams because he wanted busses.