Tate Gallery St Ives fire: Fears over smoke damage
More than 300 visitors and staff were evacuated from one of Cornwall’s most important art galleries yesterday (Monday) after a deep fat fryer caught fire in its kitchens.
The blaze at Tate St Ives started at around 12.30pm on Monday and three engines from the Cornwall Fire & Rescue service attended the scene.
Fire services confirmed that the blaze was extinguished by just after 2pm and crews used breathing apparatus to search the four-storey building and a positive pressure ventilation fan to clear smoke. Emergency services left the scene at 3.30pm.
Staff at the Tate Gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, fear some its artworks may have suffered smoke damage in a fire.
An inspection of the art contained in the gallery is to take place but staff have confirmed it will reopen.
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Woolhampton tumble drier fire second in two weeks
Firefighters were called to Woolhampton to tackle a tumble drier fire yesterday (Thursday) evening – the second such incident in two weeks.
The incident was the second fire caused by an electrical fault in a tumble drier in the local area in two weeks.
Last Monday (May 13) morning, Newbury firefighters were called to a detached house in Cold Ash Hill, where a tumble drier was on fire in a conservatory, due to an electrical fault.
No-one was hurt in either incident.
Green Watch manager at Newbury Fire Station, Richard Young, issued a safety message last week not to leave appliances such as washing machines, or tumble driers unattended while they were switched on.
The fire was discovered to be out on arrival and the incident was closed.