Rotting clothes removed from Mann’s site

By OLIVIA LAMBERTJan. 28, 2014, midnight

DEMOLITION workers dont often have to wear breathing apparatus but they would have appreciated them when they uncovered burnt clothing in the Manns building last week.

DEMOLITION workers dont often have to wear breathing apparatus but they would have appreciated them when they uncovered burnt clothing in the Manns building last week.

Piles of clothes on the ground and handbags and shoes on racks were blackened from a fire that tore through the shop in the Manns building on High Street four years ago.

The building is being dismantled to develop the Manns Centre and site manager Clint Burgmann said the clothing smelled putrid.

Im guessing the fire brigades would have hosed them all down and they have stayed there just rotting, he said.

I think the smell will last in my nose longer than time itself.

It was believed the 2010 fire started in the roof of an apartment behind the Manns building before spreading to the discount clothing shop.

Mr Burgmann said he was unsure why the clothes were not removed at the time.

Workers cleared the clothing out on Thursday and Friday and disposed of it in landfill.

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Rotting clothes removed from Mann's site