Empty Building fire in Keighley Bank Holiday Monday

Firefighters have been tackling a fire at a former engineering premises in Keighley.
Crews from across the district went to deal with the incident at the old Rymer Engineering building, in Heber Street at around 15:00hrs.
At it's height flames were leaping through the roof, and there was a pall of smoke over a large part of the town centre.
Fire appliances from Keighley, Haworth, Silsden, Bingley and Bradford attended the scene which at present is being scaled down.

CARP appliance in use

The fire was quickly brought under control using the CARP from Bradford and 3 large jets and Ground monitor. Crews are at present now damping down at the scene.
Fire Control state that the initial fire started in the roof of the building. No injuries are reported at the incident

Quick News Roundup

Esholt sewage works waste fire is under control

Crews were called to the sewage works site off Station road at Esholt yesterday afternoon. This was a fire in open but needed 5 pumps to tackle the blaze “ Fire crews were at the incident at the works which were built in 1924 and serve about 700,000 people. Appliances from Shipley, Idle, Rawdon, Cookridge and Stanningley all attended the fire.
The blaze in about 800 tonnes of green waste at the water treatment works was today being controlled by firefighters, 24 hours after it started.
Yorkshire Water staff called the fire service yesterday afternoon to the waste water treatment works in Esholt when the mountain of waste caught alight.
Today, firefighters from Shipley and Bingley were damping down at the site.

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 Garage Fire, Bradford

Firefighters from Bradford and Idle were called to a blaze that had engulfed a row of garages in an alleyway on Fitzroy Road at 7.40pm on Saturday. The fire, which is believed to have been started deliberately, started in one garage but due to dry conditions it soon spread to another four.

Firefighters had no idea what was in the garages, and there was also a danger the fire could spread to a nearby electricity sub station said Watch Commander Steve Haley.

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Bradfords New CARP appliance on Show

Bradfords new CARP at Birkenshaw annual tri-service show

The newest of West Yorkshire Combined Aerial Rescue Pumps was on show at this weekends Blue Light Services annual tri-service show. This appliance should be ready to go on the run at Bradford towards September this year once all the driver training and operational training has been completed Workshop teams have also to complete the stowing of the vehicle. This appliance bodied by Emergency One is one of two, the other for Huddersfield.

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Bradford MP x 6
 

The command Unit had to leave the show to attend the earlier reported MP x 6 in Bradford. Here are just a couple more shots from that incident at Priestman Street.

Command Unit on site and operational

2 Large jets in Use.