Fire breaks out in supermarket kitchen
It has been reported this week that a Tesco supermarket in Plymouth was severely damaged by a blaze which started in a kitchen during the early hours of the morning.
Fire crews from Greenbank and Crownhill were called to the site in Transit Way around 1am on Thursday morning where they found that the kitchen fire had caused a water pipe to burst, which flooded the first floor of the premises.
An electrical fault was said to have been the cause of the commercial kitchen fire, originating from a refrigeration unit. The fire then spread to the roof space and the heat intensity caused the water pipe to fracture.
The first floor of the store, which contained office space, suffered from 30 percent smoke damage, while the kitchen was badly damaged by the fire.
Four firefighters managed to contain the fire, but it took fire crews until 4am to get the flooding situation under control and ensure that the rest of the building would not be further damaged by the flowing water.
Despite the situation, the ground floor of the store still managed to open the same morning, although certain areas were not open to the public due to the damage sustained.
Owners of fire damaged Carlisle nightclub plan for future
Despite the fact that it may take more than five months before the nightclub is ready to re-open again, the owners remained defiant after an electrical fire broke out in the building on Thursday the 16th of December causing extensive fire, smoke and water damage.
Four appliances were called to the night spot known as The Melting Pot at around 11am on the weekday morning.
Passers-by managed to notice that smoke was coming from the roof of the building on Fisher Street and so raised the alarm.
The firefighters from Carlisle, Longtown and Brampton managed to contain the fire within the hour and then began the damping down process.
Access to the area was restricted for a few hours while the fire crews worked on putting out the fire, which may have been triggered by an electrical fault.
The current owners of the nightclub are confident that the premises can be fully repaired and restored, but understand that there will be a long process ahead of them.
An investigation has now been launched by investigators from the fire service into establishing the cause of the blaze, which began in the lounge bar area, although it is not thought that it was started deliberately.
Farmhouse fire investigation uncovers human remains
Police investigations into a recent farmhouse fire near the town of Denny in Scotland have revealed what could prove to be the remains of the human occupants.
The fire, which happened just before 4am in the morning at Castlerankine Farm, in Stirlingshire, on Thursday the 9th of December, destroyed the two-storey building.
A member of the public first reported that the farmhouse was alight and flames could already be seen coming from the property.
Emergency services attended the scene but the occupants of the residence, 65-year-old David Millar and his 75-year-old sister Mary, were not found. This has led to fears that the siblings might have lost their lives in the fire.
There was a delay to the initial search of the farmhouse due to the danger posed by the damage to the building.
Once it was deemed structurally safe for the investigation to begin the search for evidence, the forensic team happened to come across the remains.
A spokesperson for the police said:
“Work is ongoing to identify the remains, which will be done through a forensic process.
“A specialist team of investigators, including police, fire, and forensic experts, have been searching the building since Monday and the work continues.”
Bradford food factory badly damaged in blaze
Over 50 firefighters had to tackle a fire a fire at a food processing factory in Bradford, West Yorkshire, at the weekend, with the damage thought to have been quite extensive.
Fire crews from six stations joined the special units and firefighters from Odsal and Bradford in helping to keep the fire under control at the meat packaging plant, which started just after 2:00am on Saturday morning.
Thick smoke was seen coming from the building and part of the roof caved in.
Odsal watch commander Peter Rushby said:
“There was a lot of smoke and flames when we arrived.
“The fire had spread from the yard into the building and there were still isolated pockets of fire at 7.30am today.
“We were hampered by the weather because there was at least two or three inches of snow on the ground, which hampered the appliances getting to the incident. It was very treacherous on the roads and, once we were there, we started using water, which was freezing.”
It was expected that about a fifth of the single-storey factory, which is located in Haycliffe Lane, Wibsey, was destroyed in the incident.
An investigation is now underway into the cause of the fire, although police have said that arson is suspected.
Wiltshire leisure centre suffers smoke damage
Yesterday morning, up to 50 firefighters attended a blaze at a leisure centre in Wooton Basset, Wiltshire.
The fire is not being treated as suspicious, although the blaze at Lime Kiln leisure centre which began at around 10:30 on Saturday could not have happened at a worse time for the community, as the building was facing closure anyway.
Speaking on Saturday Wiltshire councillor for North Wootton Bassett Bill Roberts said:
“I found out the terrible news this morning.
“It’s a devastating blow considering we fought so hard to save the place four years ago and the current political situation at the moment.
“There were clouds of smoke billowing out of the building.
“It seemed like half of the Wiltshire Fire Service were in Wootton Bassett today.”
A number of homes in the area had to be evacuated at the time due to the threat posed by plumes of smoke which was seeping out of the complex.
Fire crews used 11 appliances in attempting to put out the fire and were supported by ambulance crews and other vehicles.
The Deputy Chief Fire Officer for Wiltshire, Simon Routh-Jones, said that tackling the fire was made more complex due to the architecture of the building.
He added:
“We have been able to knock down the main part of the fire and we’re now checking the rest of the building.
“The investigation team will be looking into how it started but we don’t believe it is suspicious at this stage.”