29988

Property Fire

A49
Leebotwood

Station ground: Church Stretton

Wednesday, 7 January, 2015 06:46


At 06:46 on Wednesday, 7 January, 2015, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Property Fire in Leebotwood.

6 fire appliances including the Incident Command Unit were mobilised from Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Shrewsbury, Telford Central and Tweedale. Operations, Hazmat, Fire Investigation and Safety officers were in attendance.

Crews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:

  • Breathing Apparatus (BA)
  • Covering jet
  • Hosereel jet

Also at the scene of the incident were: a utility company.

Single storey garage approximately 10m x 5m 90% involved in fire, 6 breathing apparatus, 2 hose reel jets, and 1 covering jet all used to extinguish. Residential property which was directly next to the railway track and this caused the need to stop trains in both directions. Railway line is now open again and train services are now resumed.

The stop message was received at Wed, 01/07/2015 - 07:46

Issued by Fire Control at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Telephone 01743 260290. Please check out our Twitter and Facebook accounts for other announcements.