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Firefighters battle blaze in Newport
From: The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, 08/08/2007.
http://www.southwales-fire.gov.uk/SWFSCMS/Homepage.htm
The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is still at the scene of a fire started in Malborough Rd, Maindee, Newport. Fire Control received a call at 14.47 yesterday (8th August), and 3 fire engines – one from Maindee, one from Malpas and one from Duffryn were at the scene within minutes. The fire was already well alight upon their arrival.
9 houses immediately adjacent to the industrial unit in which the fire started were destroyed, and a further 5 houses were damaged by radiated heat and by smoke. Firefighters prevented the rapidly developing fire spreading to the remaining houses in the street, and to a number of commercial units running parallel to the railway line. Officers in charge of the incident were made aware of gas cylinders, including acetylene, stored in a nearby commercial unit. Firefighters needed to stop the spread of the fire to these cylinders, which, if ignited, could have exploded, causing even more serious damage. The presence of these cylinders further complicated firefighting operations, due to the close proximity of the main line railway line.
At the height of the incident, the Fire and Rescue Service mobilised 15 appliances including 12 pumps, plus a number of special appliances, including hydraulic platforms, water bowsers, environmental protection units and command and control units. 2 hydraulic platforms, 2 ground monitors and 6 main water jets were used to control the blaze.
Andy Marles, Deputy Chief Fire Officer for the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said:
“We would like to thank the residents of Marlborough Road for their co-operation in this incident. Although fighting fires is part of our everyday job in the Fire and Rescue Service, we are always sympathetic to those people who have lost their homes to fire. Our Fire Victim Support Unit was mobilised to the incident, to help out wherever possible”.
Fire Investigators are currently at the scene. The fire is not suspicious and is believed to have been caused by a wood burning heater in an industrial unit, which spread to adjoining properties due to ignition through radiated heat.
The Fire and Rescue Service remains at the scene to assist the Local Authority and Gwent Police, all working together to make the area safe.
http://www.southwales-fire.gov.uk/SWFSCMS/Homepage.htm
The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is still at the scene of a fire started in Malborough Rd, Maindee, Newport. Fire Control received a call at 14.47 yesterday (8th August), and 3 fire engines – one from Maindee, one from Malpas and one from Duffryn were at the scene within minutes. The fire was already well alight upon their arrival.
9 houses immediately adjacent to the industrial unit in which the fire started were destroyed, and a further 5 houses were damaged by radiated heat and by smoke. Firefighters prevented the rapidly developing fire spreading to the remaining houses in the street, and to a number of commercial units running parallel to the railway line. Officers in charge of the incident were made aware of gas cylinders, including acetylene, stored in a nearby commercial unit. Firefighters needed to stop the spread of the fire to these cylinders, which, if ignited, could have exploded, causing even more serious damage. The presence of these cylinders further complicated firefighting operations, due to the close proximity of the main line railway line.
At the height of the incident, the Fire and Rescue Service mobilised 15 appliances including 12 pumps, plus a number of special appliances, including hydraulic platforms, water bowsers, environmental protection units and command and control units. 2 hydraulic platforms, 2 ground monitors and 6 main water jets were used to control the blaze.
Andy Marles, Deputy Chief Fire Officer for the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said:
“We would like to thank the residents of Marlborough Road for their co-operation in this incident. Although fighting fires is part of our everyday job in the Fire and Rescue Service, we are always sympathetic to those people who have lost their homes to fire. Our Fire Victim Support Unit was mobilised to the incident, to help out wherever possible”.
Fire Investigators are currently at the scene. The fire is not suspicious and is believed to have been caused by a wood burning heater in an industrial unit, which spread to adjoining properties due to ignition through radiated heat.
The Fire and Rescue Service remains at the scene to assist the Local Authority and Gwent Police, all working together to make the area safe.
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