Fire in a storage outbuilding, Bushbury, Wolverhampton
Around 30 firefighters tackle blaze in outbuilding in Bushbury, Wolverhampton
Showell Road, Wolverhampton, UK
Shortly before 2.40am on Monday (21 October), we responded to Showell Road in the Bushbury area of Wolverhampton. Six fire engines and a 4×4 brigade response vehicle attended this incident, crewed by firefighters from Dudley, Willenhall, Bloxwich, Bilston, Wolverhampton and Fallings Park stations. This was a fire in a general storage outbuilding to the rear of several terraced flats. The fire spread to one flat and one resident inside the affected property was led to safety by firefighters. Paramedics and Police Officers were in attendance. All of the flats were searched by crews and everyone was accounted for. There were no further rescues or casualties. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used four hose reels to extinguish the fire. Cadent and National Grid engineers isolated gas and electric to affected properties. Three properties were smoke-logged. Residents from affected flats are being rehomed. Firefighters remained at the scene to damp down. We left the incident once all hotspots were extinguished at 5.37am. A revisit has taken place in daylight hours and a hotspot was damped down using a hose reel. Firefighters will revisit the scene later this morning.
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