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Barn Fire

Longnor Shrewsbury

Station ground: Shrewsbury

Friday, 30 August, 2024 16:14

At 16:14 on Friday, 30 August, 2024, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Barn Fire in Shrewsbury.

5 fire appliances including the Incident Command Unit, the Incident Support Unit, the Light Pumping Unit and the Water Carrier were mobilised from Bridgnorth, Craven Arms, Ludlow, Minsterley, Oswestry and Shrewsbury. Operations and Safety officers were in attendance.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

• Hosereel jet
• Main jet

Fire involving three separate barns including approx 500 tonnes of straw and hay. Crews used hosereel jets and main jets to extinguish the fire. Crews have carried out watching briefs to ensure no further spread of fire.

The stop message was received at Sat, 08/31/2024 - 13:04

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