27 October 2006
21.36 - Kenn Court
Business Park, Kenn, Clevedon
Firefighters from Clevedon, Yatton, Nailsea, Weston-super-Mare,
Avonmouth, Kingswood, Speedwell, Patchway, Bedminster, Brislington
and Winscombe all attended this fire in a factory making fireworks.
The fire started accidentally by people working in the factory and
completely destroyed the building. A classic car unit next door to
the factory was also badly damaged.
A number of jets were used to extinguish the fire once the
fireworks had stopped going off and a thermal image camera was used
to highlight hot spots. The few people in the factory at the time
of the fire were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Because of the nature of this business involved and being so
close to Bonfire night, this incident attracted lots of media
attraction