Wednesday
1 September
18.10 Bonville Road, Brislington, Bristol
Fire crews were
involved in a protracted incident after fire broke out in machinery
at a factory used to make vehicle brake pads.
Around 25 to 30
staff evacuated the building on hearing the smoke alarm system
activate and were out when crews arrived on the scene.
When firefighters entered the building they discovered the fire in
the machinery, used to clean metal, had spread via an extractor fan
to the nearby pallets which were stored on a mezzanine level.
With the pallets
well alight within the building and a great deal of smoke generated
by the blaze, the initial crews from Brislington and Keynsham
called for additional support from colleagues at Temple and
Speedwell.
A total of six
firefighters wearing breathing apparatus (BA), a jet and two high
pressure hose reels were brought in during the course of
firefighting operations.
Crews spent
considerable time on the scene dragging the burning pallets on the
mezzanine to the floor below and damping down and turning over the
debris.