Nottingham factory evacuated as fire breaks out in oven duct

40 people were evacuated from a Nottingham factory after a fire broke out in an oven duct.

15 Firefighters from Highfields and Stapleford were called to the Fresh Cut Limited factory in Lilac Grove, Beeston, at around 7.30am on Sunday, 15th April. It took around 1 hour to extinguish the blaze.

There were no casualties reported in the incident.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 states that you:

‘must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to which relevant persons are exposed’

This means that all companies as a first point in their Fire Safety must complete a Fire Risk Assessment.  This must be carried out by a competent person, who is trained to perform risk assessments.  Your Fire Training needs, your fire extinguisher needs and any other fire safety related issues you will need to address will be highlighted from the Fire Risk Assessment.