Friday, March 27, 2015

Firefighters tackle large blaze at Billingham storage building


Firefighters spent more than an hour tackling a large blaze in Billingham.


Cleveland Fire Brigade say the blaze broke out at a storage shed near the Billingham Ecology Park, just off the A19.


Emergency services received a call at 4.40pm and sent three pumping appliances to the scene.


A storage shed, measuring 40m by 60m, was damaged in the fire.


The brigade say that the roof suffered 50% fire damage.


The contents of the shed were said to be “severely charred”.


Two firefighters using breathing apparatus, one jet and a thermal imaging camera were used to tackle the blaze.


The fire was under control by 5.30pm, with the last appliance on scene until 6.16pm.



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