86010

Incident Date

31/07/2020

Incident Time

12:16

Number of Appliances

9

Officers in Attendance

Operations, Safety

Stations

Ellesmere, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Tweedale, Wellington, Whitchurch

Incident Types

Train Fire

Special Appliances

Incident Command Unit, Rescue Tender

Station Grounds

Oswestry

Details

Reports of train on fire at Gobowen Railway Station. Alarm activated in middle carriage of 3 carriages. All passengers were evacuated by rail staff and fire service. Thermal imaging camera was used to check for hot spots. No casualties