Breaking !!!! School evacuated due to serious fire in classroom at Bradford Primary

Fire crews were called at around 2:45pm this afternoon to St Cuthbert's and The First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School on Scotchman Road Heaton in the city. All children and staff were evacuated from the school as a serious fire was developing within the building. First fire crews who arrived saw the severity of the school fire which was well alight. The incident commander requested further assistance and a total of seven appliances and a Command Unit were sent to assist with the fire.

The early intervention by crews prevented the fire from consuming the whole school as Breathing apparatus crews used jets to tackle the flames. The school was quickly evacuated with  all children and staff kept safe.

Children and teachers assembled in the adjacent school field off Farfield Street confirming that all persons were accounted for and that no injuries had been caused.

Breathing apparatus teams with a thermal image camera have been checking for heat sources within the building. Other equipment used was 3 Large jets, 6 Breathing apparatus, and Positive Pressure Ventilation.

Crews replenish their Breathing apparatus sets after controlling the blaze with damping down of the scene now being undertaken. The CARP appliance from Bradford station was used to check for any hotspots on the roof and crews have since been reduced at the site.

Police have now cordoned off  the area surrounding the fire scene with investigation underway to establish the cause of the fire.

Fire crews from Bradford CARP, Odsal, Idle, Rawdon, Cleckheaton, Shipley with Command Unit light and pump from Fairweather Green attended along with other supervisory officers

Ten Pumps Attend Building Fire, Squire Lane, Bradford

Fire crews were alerted just before 8:00 pm to the fire by ambulance crews who reported flames could be seen from the building in Squire lane near its junction with Duckworth Lane. 

The building, on Squire Lane  was formerly a feeder primary school for the grammar school, but  is now in the hands of a developer who is in the process of converting the building into housing.

The building described as having 3 floors and a basement was well alight when the first crews arrived from Bradford. The Police were at the scene controlling the traffic and Squire lane was eventually closed. Duckworth lane was closed to traffic and diversions put in place.


The fire was brought under control quickly with crews from 10 pumps and supporting appliances using 7 Large jets and numerous breathing apparatus sets. 

Flames did not spread to any part of the grammar school.

Appliances from Bradford (2), Fairweather Green (Pump Command Unit and Welfare Unit), Rawdon (1), Bingley (1), Odsal (1), Idle (1), Shipley (1), Illingworth (1) and Cleckheaton (1) attended with support crews from Mirfield, Pontefract (Pump and Command Unit), Dewsbury (1), 
Cookridge (1) and Stanningley( Hose Layer) . Specialist officers also attended.

Damping down is continuing at the site

Breaking!! Large blaze at Yorkshire Martyrs School, Bradford

Yorkshire Martyrs school on Westgate Hill Street in Bradford was involved in a fire this afternoon (21/03/2015). Fire crews were called just before 3.45pm today to reports of the disused school premise being alight.

Bradford Carp in use at the School

The building involved is part of a larger school complex and was 100% involved when crews arrived. Firefighters managed to confine the fire to the 2 storey building of origin. 

Aerial  monitor in Use

Crews used 4 Large jets, 1 Aerial jet and 6 Breathing apparatus sets. Positive Pressure fans were also used to assist in clearing smoke from the property. Traffic problems developed as more appliances arrived at the scene and hoses were placed across the main A650 road to supply water to the fireground.

Roads congested due to the fire

The area around the location of the school was shrouded in smoke from the fire.

Heavy smoke coming from the school building

This incident was a MP x 8 incident with appliances attending from as far away as Castleford and Leeds. Those stations known to have attended are Bradford, Idle, Odsal, Cleckheaton, Morley, Leeds, Stanningley, Fairweather Green, Castleford, Gipton and Batley. Around 70 firefighters were deployed to the incident including support crews and officers. 

Damping down may take fire crews through the night with fire investigation being carried out in daylight hours.

School Bus in Collision at Saltaire

Scene Of the Incident on Bingley Road Saltaire 

Police and Ambulance crews attended a collision this afternoon on Bingley Road at Saltaire, Shipley. They received the call at about 3.10pm where a school bus and a van had collided. The front of the van was lodged in the metal barriers on the side of the road. The bus windshield had been shattered by the collision and the rear of the van badly damaged also.The passengers left the Transdev bus after the crash, and a police spokesman said: “There were no serious injuries". An ambulance was called as a precaution and

there were traffic delays with a small stretch of one lane blocked by the two vehicles. Police are now investigating the cause of the accident.