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.

Breaking News!!!!! Tractor Crashes into Shop front in Liversedge + other news

Tractor Crashes into Shop front in Liversedge

A tractor has crashed into a pharmacy in Liversedge after the driver lost control.

It is believed the throttle got stuck as the tractor turned into Valley Road just before 10.30am today 28/04.
The tractor crashed into the front of Shah’s Pharmacy, damaging the wall and roof. Firefighters from Cleckheaton were called to support police and paramedics, who treated the driver for minor head injuries.
Watch commander Gary Hatton said: “We were thinking somebody was going to be trapped in the tractor, but the driver was already out.

Scene of the collision this morning : Ash Milne

“We have isolated it, set up a cordon and requested other agencies attend.”
Kirklees Council is due to send staff to cut the supply to a streetlight knocked over by the tractor and assess the structural damage to the building.

 

Fire in derelict garage in Listerhills, Bradford

16:09pm Saturday 27th April 2013 in Bradford

Fire in a derelict garage gave off large amounts of smoke as firefighters had to tackle a fierce blaze at Longside Lane, Listerhills in Bradford.

Image via Twitter

Crews from Bradford station attended the fire,  Firefighters had to don breathing apparatus to get into the derelict garage and fight the fire. The blaze was started by burning rubbish which spread to the building.