EIR Request 2018

Subject: Historical Fires at Handback Site C, Widnes

Status: Complete

Date received: June 2024

Question Asked:

Site Address: Handback Site C, WIDNES, HALTON, WA8 0WS

Grid Reference: 350761 384799

Please find below the site location plan for the above enquiry.  We would be obliged if you could supply the following information:

• Details of any fires reported at the address, including the following:

-   Dates of the fire(s)

-   Reference numbers associated with the incidents

-   Nature and scale of the fire(s), and

-   Cause of the fire(s)

• Details of the fire fighting fluids or materials used, including:

-   Whether PFAS containing fire fighting foams were used (please note that this is an important consideration for our desk study)

-   Whether just water was used

-   The volumes used to put out the fires

-   Details of any reported run-off into drains or the ground etc

Our Response:

In relation to EIR 2018, there were no historical fires within the marked area between 2014 - 2023 (10 years).

Outcome: Data Not Held

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO