Deeside firefighters attending large blaze at Kronospan in Chirk

 

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Six fire crews are currently tackling a blaze at a factory in Chirk.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service say they have been in attendance at a fire at Kronospan, Chirk since 4:57am this morning.

Six appliances including one from Deeside as well as Chirk, Wrexham, Johnstown, Llangollen and Shropshire are in attendance including two area ladder platforms and an incident command unit.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1504867659911{margin-top: -30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]

Derek has sent us this video of the fire earlier when things were well ablaze https://t.co/Op45oMiVMi pic.twitter.com/Azs0nxZteQ

— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) September 8, 2017

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The fire is confined to wood chip within a silo area and is currently being tackled by firefighters in conjunction with engineers from Kronospan.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

The Kronospan factory is located on Holyhead Road in Wrexham.

Kronospan in Chirk is one of the top 10 manufacturing companies in Wales and employs more than 600 people.

In March 2002, the company was fined £20,500 after 8,000 tonnes of waste timber caught fire at the Chirk plant and burned for several days.

The fire was believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion following a buildup of heat in damp conditions.

The plant caught fire again on 17 June 2002 and firefighters were drafted in from stations in North Wales, Cheshire and Shropshire to tackle the oil fire which had started in a boiler room.

The plant suffered further industrial fires in April and September 2007 and September 2010.

In 2012 firefighters attended industrial blazes at the plant in June, twice in July and again in October.

On 17 April 2014 fire broke out again at the factory, requiring 5 appliances and an aerial platform ladder.

The fire was extinguished 11 hours later.

Following the July 2015 explosions at the Wood Treatment Ltd. plant in Bosley, Cheshire, which resulted in 4 deaths, concerns were raised by Chirk Town Council about the safety of the dust stacks at the Chirk plant, and ongoing environmental complaints about residential contamination from dust and formaldehyde. Wikipedia[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]