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What do you get when MYER burns to the ground? Coles...

I really feel for the 100-200 employees of MYER affected by the fire.  Apparently the city council is looking at allowing MYER to use one of the big sheds down on the wharf, until a better location is found, or until the demolition and re-building is complete.

I was thinking to myself this morning how I desperately needed some sort of excitement, some sort of adrenalin rush.  Well I didn't expect my prayers to be answered so soon.  I decided to pop over to work this afternoon to pick up my laptop when I heard about the fire at Myer, Hobart on the radio.  I could see the smoke coming up but didn't think that much more of it, I just assumed it would be under control shortly.  10 minutes later I came out of work and the smoke volume had intensified dramatically over Hobart.  At this point I decided to dash home and grab my camera (and flatmate Abi) and head on down. Apparently it was started by an el