Fire breaks out at Harrow pizza factory

Staff had to be evacuated from a pizza factory in Harrow at around 6.30am on 19th April after a fire broke out.

Firefighters spent over an hour tackling the blaze at the Bakkavor Pizza factory in Kenton. It is thought that the fire started when a pizza got stuck on a conveyor belt. Around 420 people were evacuated from the building.

A spokesperson for the Bakkavor Group told said: “Staff were evacuated safely and successfully, in line with procedure, and the fire brigade were called as a precautionary measure. The factory was back to full operation within a couple of hours and the fire caused no substantial damage.”

An investigation onto the cause of the fire will be carried out.

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