Fire crews tackle blaze at warehouses in Cambridge Road industrial estate, Whetstone
Firefighters tackled a blaze on an industrial estate in Cambridge Road, Whetstone, last night which involved two warehouses full of tyres.
Five crews from Leicester and Wigston fought the fire at the industrial estate, which is near the M1 and homes in Cosby. They were called to the scene at about 6.15pm, after passers-by reported seeing smoke.
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Smoke from the fire at two warehouses last night. Picture: Nathan Incles
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Smoke from the fire at two warehouses last night. Picture: Nathan Incles
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Smoke from the fire at two warehouses last night. Picture: Nathan Incles
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Smoke from the fire at two warehouses last night. Picture: Nathan Incles
They found two buildings, both about 30m by 30m, were "well alight".
A fire service spokesman said: "They were being used to store tyres and fertilizer, although it appears the fertilizer was untouched.
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He said that no homes had to be evacuated because of the blaze but police were called on warn traffic on the nearby M1 as smoke from the fire blew across the motorway.
Crews were at the scene until late last night and damping down at the site was under way by 10pm.
Comments
by jasonflanagan
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 4:05PM
“I live a matter of metres away, couldn't believe how thick the smoke was! Thank god we didn't get evacuated. After a while, the police closed the road as the ammount of cars was causing the fire crew issues when they were re-filling!”
by brauntown
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 2:17PM
“hmm! wonder if they were new, or used tyres waiting for disposal ??”
by karinfall1955
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 12:11PM
“I didn't have to rubberneck, I could see the plume of smoke from Oadby!”
by Graham_LE8
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 9:20AM
“Took my daughters to their dance class around 7pm last night - couldn't believe the number of cars out 'rubberneckin'...”