Shortly after 6pm last night fire crews attended a fire at the household waste recycling centre in Mile End Industrial Estate Oswestry.

The fire involved a large quantity of household rubbish inside the building andwas being supressed by a sprinkler system when fire crews arrived. The premises were severely smoke logged.

It took fire fighters working with staff from the occupiers ‘Veolia’ three hours to extinguish the fire.

Station Manager John Griffiths praised the company for installing a sprinkler system.

Our new recruit, Bullseye a fully articulated mannequin rescue training horse, arrived at the weekend and has been safely assembled and stabled at Tong Park Farm Livery Yard.

At Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) the definition of animal rescue is;

The Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia is today warning motorists of the dangers that may be present during this time of year as farmers are using the roads more when harvesting and moving their produce.

Make safety your key ingredient when cooking this Summer – that is the message from an award winning Shropshire chef and Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Community fire safety officers have linked up with Shrewsbury’s Café Saffron owner Abdul Husen, who won the Shropshire’s curry chef of the year award, to help highlight the importance of safety when cooking.

Many fires are caused by both indoor and outdoor cooking, warned Rabinder Dhami, Team Leader at the county brigade’s community fire safety department.

On the evening on Wednesday 18^th July crews and appliances from Craven Arms, Clun and Bridgnorth took part in a water supply exercise at Clee Hill quarry organized by the Group Support Teams.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has now worked in partnership with Hanson Aggregates, who manage and run the quarry, on two separate occasions to facilitate a water supply exercise at the location.

The crews were ‘mobilised’ to a scenario of a fire within a bitumen plant which requires large quantities of water to cool and extinguish.