Around 70 firefighters tackle fire at Smithers Rapra in Shawbury
Around 70 firefighters were called to a fire at Smithers Rapra in Shawbury during the early hours of this morning.
Firefighters from Baschurch, Craven Arms, Hodnet, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Telford and Wem were called to the fire at around 2.13am.
Thirteen fire appliances including the Aerial Ladder Platform, the Incident Command Unit, the Incident Support Unit, the Light Pumping Unit and the Water Carrier were in attendance.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used four hose reel jets and three main jets to tackle the blaze.
Crews remain at the scene this morning.
@shropsfire crews bringing commercial property fire under control, Aerial & pumps from across the Service involved. pic.twitter.com/E4ukgPF5uD https://twitter.com/SFRS_NGriffiths/status/779555312886026240
@shropsfire breaking dawn over the commercial fire near Shawbury, incident contained, damping down in progress pic.twitter.com/H08TyKMIqR https://twitter.com/SFRS_NGriffiths/status/779558289810096128
