200 staff evacuated in BMW plant fire
A fire broke out at the BMW Mini plant in Cowley on 13th July.
Around 200 staff were quickly evacuated from the plant in Oxford after a small fire broke out in an air conditioning unit on the top of a building on site.
Firefighters from Rewley Road and Slade and Abingdon fire stations arrived at the scene at around 5.30pm on Friday.
Firefighters took around one hour to extinguish the fire.
Wayne Morse from BMW said: “Once the all-clear was given, the work force in that area returned.”
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.