Barge on fire in Stoak village

Date/Time:
11/01/2019 - 16:52

Address:
Little Stanney Lane, Stoak

Attendance:
Two fire engines attended - one from Powey Lane and one from Ellesmere Port

Details
At around 4.50pm firefighters were called to reports of a large amount of smoke on Little Stanney Lane in the village of Stoak, near Chester.
On arrival crews discovered a barge in the Shropshire Union Canal well alight and that no-one was on-board.
Firefighters overcame access problems so that they could extinguish the fire. Firefighters then put out the fire with a main jet. They also used a thermal imaging camera to check for hotspots.
The fire caused extensive damage to the barge.



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Last updated: Saturday 12 January 2019