38629

Hazardous Substances

Hortonwood 30

Telford

Station ground: Wellington

Thursday, 8 October, 2015 09:29

At 09:29 on Thursday, 8 October, 2015, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Hazardous Substances in Telford.

6 fire appliances including the Heavy Pumping Unit were mobilised from Hodnet, Prees, Telford Central and Tweedale. Operations and Hazmat officers were in attendance.

Also at the scene of the incident were: the Land Ambulance Service , the Police and Shropshire Council.

Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service were called to a hazardous substance incident at Epson Ltd, Horntonwood. 4 fire engines attended including 2 specialist vehicles and two officers. A small amount of chemical used in ink production was accidently mixed in the waste treatment room. All staff evacuated as a precaution. Fire crews investigated and assisted in ventilation until the incident was believed to be safe. The chemicals were then pumped out by Veolia and production at the factory continued as normal. Due to Epson’s pre-planning and thorough risk assessment which was immediately passed onto fire crews the incident was resolved safely and quickly. .

The stop message was received at Thu, 10/08/2015 - 11:40

SM Temple said: "All business should ensure all their risk assessments and their evacuation plans and procedures are kept up to date. "

Issued by Fire Control at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Telephone 01743 260290. Please check out our Twitter and Facebook accounts for other announcements.