Incidents

One appliance from Birchwood and one appliance from Warrington were mobilised to a fire involving the fat fryer at McDonalds at Poplar 2000 on Cliff Lane in Lymm.

The crews were met with a smouldering fire in a deep fat fryer that had emitted a large amount of smoke throughout the building.

Two fire fighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the fire using a Fire Blanket and a Dry Powder fire extinguisher and the building was later cleared of smoke using a positive pressure ventilation fan.

An appliance from Wilmslow and an appliance from Cheadle (GMC) attended a report of a building fire at the Wacky Warehouse, County Hotel Harden Park Alderley Edge'.

The fire was on the first floor of a three storey building.

Four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two hose jets to put the fire out.

A fire investigation has been launched.

One appliance from Chester was mobilised to a small rubbish fire in Meynall Place Blacon. 

This was found to be a fire involving a postbag and its contents, which was extinguished using hand appliances.

One appliance from Sandbach and one from Crewe were mobilised to a report of a fire involving a small gas canister, which was out on arrival of the Service.

Just after 1pm the Service was called to a fire in a recycling furnace at Novelis at Latchford Locks Works on Thelwall Lane, Warrington.

When they got there crews discovered that the fire was located on top of the furnace, which was used to melt down the aluminium cans.

The nature and location of the fire made this a difficult incident to tackle.  The molten metal within the furnace meant that crews were unable to use water on the fire as this would have forced the metal to cool and crack the furnace. There would also be the issue of the heted liquid spilling over and injuring the firefighters.

However, crews faced the intense heat as they fought the fire over a number of hours using sand and dry powder extinguishers. The Hydraulic Platform was used to enable the crews to tackle the fire from above.

By 4.30pm the crews had extinguished the fire, however they would remain on site for most of the evening to ensure that all the buildings in the works were safe and there were no further hot-spots that could break out into a fire.

The works was evacuated while the incident was ongoing.

One appliance from Winsford, one appliance Holmes Chapel and one appliance from Crewe attended to a report of a house fire on St Annes Avenue, Middlewich.

When crews arrived they confirmed that everyone was out of the property. 

The fire had been caused by a chip pan left unattended. The property was fittted with smoke alams which activated and alerted the occupiers to the fire.

Crews carried out a Home Safety Assessment before leaving.

One appliance from Warrington and one appliance from Birchwood attended to a report of a shed fire on allotments off Longshaw Street, Bewsey, Warrington.

When crews arrived they found that the incident involved four sheds. They also identified two butane cylinders that had become involved in the fire.

Members of the public were evacuated to a safe distance while the incident was ongoing.

Two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used hose reels and a 'ground monitor', which is a device that enabled a continuous jet of water to be sprayed onto an area.

Unfortunately six chickens and two ducks died in the blaze.

A full fire investigation has been launched into the cause of the fire.

Two fire appliances from Warrington were mobilised to a report of a bedroom fire on Cotswold Road, Warrington.  On arrival crews found a fire on the first floor of a terraced property and used two breathing apparatus and one hose reel to extinguish the fire.   A Positive Pressure Ventilation fan was also used.  Smoke alarms were fitted and did operate.

Two fire appliances from Warrington were mobilised to a report of a domestic smoke alarm sounding on Copeland Road, Latchford, Warrington.  On arrival, crews discovered that there had been a fire involving some curtains in a bedroom that was out on arrival.  Crews used a Positive Pressure Ventilation fan to clear the smoke.  A Home Safety Assessment was carried out at the property.

Two fire appliances from Crewe and one appliance from Sandbach were mobilised to a report of a road traffic collision with persons trapped on the A534 between Wheelock and Haslington, near Crewe.  Upon arrival crews confirmed that the collision involved one heavy goods vehicle and two saloon cars, and that there were no persons trapped.  Crews gave one female first aid at the scene.

One fire appliance from Chester was mobilised to a report of a person stuck in the lift at Cedar House, Round Hill Meadow, Great Boughton, Chester.  The crew successfully released one male from the lift.

Two fire appliances from Widnes were mobilised to a report of a caravan on fire on Church Street, Hale in Widnes.  On arrival crews found a fire involving a caravan on the driveway which had affected the roof space of a detached house and requested a further appliance.  An appliance from Runcorn was then mobilised.  Crews used four breathing apparatus and two hose reels to fight the fire in the roof space and one hose reel and one breathing apparatus outside the property.  Smoke alarms were fitted and did operate.

One fire appliance from Northwich, one appliance from Winsford, one appliance and the boat from Warrington, one appliance and the Line Rescue Unit from Knutsford and the aerial appliance from Stockton Heath were mobilised to a report of a boat on fire on the River Weaver, off London Road in Northwich.  On arrival the crews found a fire in the engine room of a narrow boat, which spread to wood panelling and insulation foam.  The fire was extinguished using two breathing apparatus and one hose reel.

One fire appliance from Chester attended and released one female person from a lift at Active Capital, Hamilton Street in Chester.

Two fire appliances from Warrington were mobilised to a report of an Automatic Fire Alarm sounding at Ryfields Retirement Village, Arena Gardens, Warrington.  On arrival crews discovered that there had been a fire involving an unattended cooker that was out on arrival.  A Positive Pressure Ventilation fan was used to clear the smoke.

One fire appliance from Birchwood and two appliances Warrington and the hydraulic platform from Chester were mobilised to a report of a domestic garage on fire which had then spread to the main property on Hob Hey Lane in Culcheth, Warrington.  On arrival crews used four breathing apparatus, two hose reels and one main jet to extinguish the fire.  Hard wired smoke detectors were fitted at the premises and did activate.

Two fire appliances from Chester attended a report of a house fire on Blacon Point Road, Chester.  On arrival crews used four breathing apparatus, two hose reels, one main jet and a Positive Pressure Ventilation fan to fight the fire.  Smoke detectors had previously been fitted by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and did activate.

Two fire appliances from Ellesmere Port were mobilised to a report of a domestic smoke alarm sounding at Caernarvon Court, Ellesmere Port.  On arrival, crews discovered that there had been a fire involving an unattended cooker that was out on arrival.  Two breathing apparatus and a Positive Pressure Ventilation fan was used to clear the smoke.

Two fire appliances from Warrington were mobilised to a report of a house fire on Shorwell Close, Great Sankey, Warrington.  On arrival crews asked for an additional fire appliances for fire fighting and a further appliance from Widnes was mobilised.  The fire involved the roof void of a detached property and was extinguished using two breathing apparatus, two hose reels and a Positive Pressure Ventilation fan.

Two fire appliances from Chester were mobilised to a report of a Road Traffic Collision with persons trapped on Western Avenue in Chester.  On arrival crews found that there was no one trapped and they proceeded to make the vehicle safe.