Saturday, 5 July 2014

Cylinder catches fire inside Featherstone Convenience store



Ground Monitors in use at the front of the building

Fire crews were called to the fire at around 2.15pm this afternoon on Green Lane in Featherstone. The incident was reported by local residents to have occurred as a welder was using his equipment inside the shop when the fire broke out. Crews from Normanton, Castleford and Pontefract attended. 

Breathing, apparatus, control
Breathing apparatus control set up at safe distance

Due to cylinders inside the 2 storey premise crews used defensive mode to put out the fire. Firefighters used 3 Ground Monitors and 4 Breathing apparatus sets. An exclusion zone was set up due to the presence of the cylinders and police set up a cordon.


Police, cordon
Police Cordon in Green Lane