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Train Fire

Shrewsbury Railway Station Shrewsbury

Station ground: Shrewsbury

Monday, 6 November, 2017 10:48

At 10:48 on Monday, 6 November, 2017, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Train Fire in Shrewsbury.

12 fire appliances including the Incident Command Unit, the Pinzgauer and the Rescue Tender were mobilised from Baschurch, Church Stretton, Minsterley, Shrewsbury and Wellington.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Breathing Apparatus (BA)
• Hosereel jet

Fire involving alternator in rear carriage of a train. Fire crews have now extinguished fire using 1 hose reel jet and 1 covering jet in use.

The stop message was received at Mon, 11/06/2017 - 11:34

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