34252

Property Fire

Rednal

Station ground: Baschurch

Saturday, 1 August, 2015 00:09


At 00:09 on Saturday, 1 August, 2015, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Property Fire.

4 fire appliances including the Fuel Bowser, the Heavy Pumping Unit, the Incident Command Unit, the Light Pumping Unit and the Water Carrier were mobilised from Baschurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry and Shrewsbury. Operations and Hazmat officers were in attendance.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

  • Breathing Apparatus (BA)
  • Ground monitor
  • Hosereel jet
  • Main jet

Crews are presently dealing with a fire in a commercial building on Rednal Industrial Estate. Firefighters from Ellesmere, Baschurch, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Tweedale have the situation under control and efforts to protect storage areas are being made. The building has been completely destroyed by the fire and a number of cylinders were believed to have been involved. Crews are likely to remain on scene for the next few hours damping down and making the area safe. Investigations into the cause are currently ongoing.

The stop message was received at Sat, 08/01/2015 - 04:15

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