Residents evacuated after bin room fire

Saturday 4 October
03.49 Halston Drive, St Paul’s 

Around ten people living in a block of flats in St Paul’s were evacuated early on a Saturday morning after two rubbish bins were set alight in the building.

 

Firefighters took the step of evacuating the residents of two flats after their homes became smoke logged as a result of the fire in the ground floor bin room..

 

Crews used a hosereel to extinguish the fire and brought in the Positive Pressure Ventilation fan (PPV) to disperse the smoke.

 

No one was injured following the incident and the residents were later able to return to their homes.