Firefighters tackle large fire at Lower Edgebold Industrial Estate
Firefighters have tackled a large fire at Lower Edgebold Industrial Estate near Shrewsbury.
The fire broke out at around 4.15pm on Monday afternoon with six fire appliances including the Aerial Ladder Platform and the Incident Command Unit all attending.
Crews were mobilised from Baschurch, Bridgnorth, Craven Arms, Hodnet, Minsterley, Newport, Shrewsbury, Telford, Telford Central, Tweedale, Wellington and Wem. Operations, Safety and Principal fire officers were also in attendance.
West Midlands Ambulance Service and West Mercia Police were also present.
No injuries were reported with everyone said to have safely evacuated the area.
Local residents were advised to keep their doors and windows closed due to the smoke.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.
Incident moving to Level 3 command due to number of resources please avoid area pic.twitter.com/kPIzBr24ip https://twitter.com/SFRS_NGriffiths/status/998604223620304897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
My first 🔥 level 2 incident today. Crews worked extremely hard to contain the fire and salvage. Thanks also to my support #teamwork pic.twitter.com/4XpsJyEfXH https://twitter.com/SFRS_cjackson/status/998692541829713922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Twitter user Sean captured an aerial view of the fire from a light aircraft.
pic.twitter.com/beeQoTuvJO https://twitter.com/Sean_Mo/status/998652119082323968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The A488 was closed to traffic as firefighters worked at the scene, it has since reopened.
Shrewsbury/ Edgbold; @Shropsfire dealing with Fire on A488 at Hanwood, just to West of Shrewsbury. They have a number of appliances on scene, so please avoid the A488 from the A5, Edgebold roundabout to Pontesbury https://twitter.com/WestMerciaOCC/status/998596656730902529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
