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

Fire Crews rescue female from empty Nightclub fire in Quebec Street, Bradford

Around 5.45pm this evening (27/04/2016) Fire crews were called to a fire at the rear of the Mode nightclub on Quebec Street in Bradford. They found an outbuilding attached to the property well alight and and rescued a female from the property. 

    

The female was given oxygen therapy by fire crews before the paramedic crews arrived on scene. Due to the difficult access firefighters used a ladder to reach the affected structure. It is thought that the female did not require hospital treatment after being checked over by paramedics at the scene

Firefighters used 1 Hosereel jet and 2 Breathing apparatus sets to tackle the fire.  Three appliances, Bradford (2) and Odsal (1) attended along with a total of 5 ambulance vehicles and crews.

Dramatic river rescue which ended in tragedy in Dewsbury.

Fire crews at the scene ( Image Ash Milnes )

Emergency services and the police helicopter were mobilised at around 9 pm last night to a dramatic river rescue which ended in tragedy.

Police, fire, ambulance and paramedics were called out at 8pm last night after a man was spotted in the Calder River in Ravensthorpe.

Five fire crews, including firefighters from Rothwell,  Rastrick, Mirfield and Leeds, attended the scene and water-rescue trained officers scoured the banks in the darkness above and below the Calder Road bridge where the man was thought to have entered the water.

Using searchlights and thermal imaging equipment, the police helicopter alerted the teams to what was believed to be a person in the water.

An inflatable rescue sled was launched with swift water-trained fire officers and an ambulance heart team.

No one could be found and following a further call from the eyewitness, all the officers were redeployed several hundred yards upstream, along with a second inflatable.

The police helicopter’s sophisticated heat-seeking equipment then picked up signs of a person and a man was plucked out of the water by fire crews and paramedics searching along the river banks.

The casualty, a man aged about 60, was unconscious and was given CPR at the scene, near Ravensthorpe Industrial Estate in Lock Way.

He was taken to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield where he later died.

Fire at White Swan, Wibsey, Bradford.

The Fire service were called to a fire at the White Swan on the High Street in Wibsey at around 4:10pm today. On arrival smoke could be seen with small pockets of fire under the roof tiles at the rear of the public house. 

CARP crew removing tiles and cooling down the roof area

Fire crews used a Hosereel jet,  Breathing apparatus and a Positive Pressure Ventilation Fan, with the CARP appliance from Bradford used to reach the roof area. 

Front of the scene in High Street

No persons were injured in the incident. The main road through Wibsey was closed for a time but has since re-opened as the incident is scaled down.

Appliances from Odsal, Fairweather Green and Bradford attended the incident