The Firetrucks & The Fire
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Details That Point to a Coverup At Port Arthur
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One of the most unusual things about the incident is the fact the FIRETRUCKS were prevented from putting out the fire at Seascape until Seascape was burnt to the ground.
Why this is questionable is because at the time Martin Byrant was captured outside ( unarmed in a dazed state clothes on fire ) Seascape Guesthouse was still intact and only smoke coming out of it ( see colour picture below ) yet police believed the gunman had possibly 3 hostages inside. Surely in such circumstances they would have sent the fire engines in as fast as they could to try and save any hostages inside that were alive. But no police kept the firetrucks back.
You can see below in the black and white picture the fire trucks and the state Seascape was in - burnt to the ground - smoldering ( Source: Australian Federal Police Journal Dec 1998 ).
Was this to ensure all evidence inside Seascape was destroyed - including making an autopsy on the hostages inside impossible ?
Who was it that kept the fire trucks back ?
Associated with this is who lit this fire ? Why would Bryant lite it knowing he was surrounded and the fire would force him outside to be captured or shot by police ? Surely police would not lite it to smoke him out as they thought hostages were inside ? It doesn't make sense.
Was the fire lit to burn all evidence at Seascape that would not point to Bryant and or make it extremely difficult to establish what exactly did go on and when if others were involved ?
Police witnesses present said the fire started at 8.00am that morning as if an incendiary bomb had gone off. But how could Martin Bryant have started this fire if he left the petrol in containers in his yellow Volvo when it was abandoned 6 kilometres aways at the Port Arthur Historic Site Tollbooth ? The DPP claimed at his trial he specifically bought the petrol and used it the set fire to the BMW and Seascape.
Another point is why would Bryant go outside unarmed after his shooting rampage the previous night indicating he wanted a shootout with police ? The fact his clothes were burning indicates he was unconcious when the fire started - because would you stay in a burning building conscious to the point of allowing your clothes to catch fire ? Again it doesn't make sense. The fact the burns were only on one side of his clothes indicates he was lying face down when inside when the fire was going.
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Seascape shortly before Bryant was grabbed outside.
Note the minimal smoke and no visible flames.