Posted: Fri 26th Apr 2019

Deeside firefighters attend large garage fire in Chester

News and Info from Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales
This article is old - Published: Friday, Apr 26th, 2019

Firefighters from Deeside were called to a large garage fire in Chester last night. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

Crews were called to reports of a fire involving a garage in Rake Lane, Backford, Chester at 9.40pm last night. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

On arrival firefighters found a double garage well alight and that everyone was accounted for. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

The double garage measured approximately 10 metres by 15 metres and had two vehicles inside it. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

A spokesperson for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

“Two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus each used a hose reel jet to fight the large fire. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

The crews also used two main jets and a covering jet. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

A water shuttle was set up to get enough water to the area. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

The electricity supply to the garage was isolated. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

The fire was contained within the garage and did not spread beyond it. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

Once the fire was out firefighters damped the area down to make it safe and monitored temperatures using a thermal imaging camera. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

This continued throughout the night, with relief fire engines attending the incident. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

A fire investigation will be carried out to establish the cause of the fire.” ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

Six fire engines initially attended, one from Powey Lane, one from Chester, two from Ellesmere Port, one from Frodsham and one from Deeside. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

Relief fire engines later attended from Malpas, Runcorn and Northwich. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​

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