14 December
15.22 - Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol
Staff at a shop in the Clifton area of Bristol could smell some
sort of solvent and decided to call Environmental Health, who
then called the fire and rescue service. Crews from Temple Fire
Station attended and located the smell to the basement
area. During this time they evacuated the shop and called for
the Environmental Response Unit from Brislington Fire Station.
Working with scientific services firefighters traced the
smell to some telecommunications engineering work that had been
carried out earlier that day. A fan was used to clear the basement
area and an engineer attended the next day to repair the
problem.