EIR Request 2040

Subject: Historical Fires at Port of Weston

Status: Complete

Date received: August 2024

Question Asked:

Site Address: Port of Weston WA7 4HP

Grid Reference: 349508 381390

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 not 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:

There has been one incident at the site mentioned above.  The incident was a small accidental fire involving a stacked / baled crop on 22/03/2022.  This is classified as a secondary fire, so there is limited data available.  Where data is available we have provided the response below.

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

  - Dates of the fire(s)

  23/03/2022

  - Reference numbers associated with the incidents

  2203009384

  - Nature and scale of the fire(s)

  Secondary fire which involved stacked, baled crop

  - Cause of the fire(s)

  Accidental

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

  Fire extinguisher used

  - Whether PFAS containing fire fighting foams were used (please not 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

Outcome: Information Provided

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO