Large Blaze brings traffic Chaos to Bradford City Centre
Crews from Bradford were quick to respond to a mill fire in Bradford tonight. The mill on Tetley Street between Thornton road and Sunbridge road was well alight when crews arrived.
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| View from Thornton road Jets and ALP in use |
Providence Mills off Tetley street was a derelict property and due to the number of calls the brigade call centre mobilised an initial attendance of 3 pumping appliances and and Aerial appliance at 19:33 hours this evening. When the first crews arrived from Bradford and Odsal the incident required a further 5 pumps and an additional aerial appliance to assist in the firefighting operation.
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| View further along Thornton Road near the Unniversity |
The building which had been empty for some years was of four storeys and measured 80m x 50m with further exposure risks on 3 sides.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDoZ9JlBiBU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDoZ9JlBiBU
These images were taken by the West Yorkshire Police Helicopter
Official Twitter for the ex @WestYorksPolice helicopter, now part of NPAS. Policing from the skies based at Carr Gate.
An image from their daylight camera showing the Fire Service hard at work on the mill fire on Thornton Rd, Bradford
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Another image, this time from our thermal camera, showing same mill fire in Bradford (very different eh!)
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Crews used 5 Large jets, 1 Hosereel jet and 2 aerial appliance monitors to tackle the fire situation. Traffic in the City centre was at times at a standstill as surrounding roads were closed off for safety access of fire crews and appliances. The roof of the empty building collapsed and a cordon was put in place on Thornton Road to keep the public back.
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| Tetley Street side view |
Crews remain at the scene damping down at the moment
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| Bradford and Halifax Aerial appliances in use |
Appliances from Bradford, Odsal, Cleckheaton, Fairweather Green, Rawdon, Huddersfield, Halifax, Stanningley, Batley attended.
Twitter Links below to some early images taken by passers by.
http://t.co/cqMvGRzcs7
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| Fire crews use cutters to access parts of the building |
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| Mr Bitcon gives time for BBC Look North interview |
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| Firefighter in ALP dampens down roof timbers |
Updated 14:50 08/06/2013
Watch commander Alan Holdsworth, of Bradford fire station, said that a demolition crew were expected to attend the building today. He said: “One side of the building is unsafe. The whole building will probably be demolished.” Watch commander Holdsworth said 14 fire engines - from Bradford, Idle, Stanningley, Odsal, Shipley, Cleckheaton, Fairweather Green, Illingworth, Idle, Elland, Batley and Halifax stations - were needed at the scene . He added that the fire was under control by midnight.
