Factory fire, Mons Hill, Woodsetton
Black Country firefighters tackle factory fire in Woodsetton
Mons Hill, Dudley, UK
Shortly before 6.30am on Friday (14 March), we responded to Mons Hill, Woodsetton.
Initially six fire engines from Tipton, Dudley, Bilston, Brierley Hill, Oldbury, and West Bromwich responded, crewed by around 30 firefighters. Two fire engines from Wolverhampton and Wednesbury also attended the scene, bringing resources to eight fire engines and around 40 firefighters.
This is a fire in a single-storey brick-built factory unit. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus have been using three hose reels to tackle the blaze, and have made good progress. Around 70% of the premises has been affected by fire.
Crews will continue to damp down at this incident for some time. Two fire engines have left the scene.
Updates for this incident
The main fire is out, but crews continue to damp down hotspots.
The premises are used as a motorbike workshop.
One of our drones has been flying, to assist decision making on the ground.
We expect our resources at the scene to be scaled down soon, to three crews.
Three crews continue to damp down hotspots at this incident. This process is expected to be ongoing for some time.
Crews have left this incident. We will revisit the factory to check for hotspots.
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