canal rescue - Nantwich Fire Station - August 2020 (2) (1)

Firefighters from Nantwich and Crewe tackled a fire in an outbuilding in Nantwich.

The incident happened at around 4pm yesterday (August 8) at a building on Peach Lane near Alvaston Hall in Nantwich.

Fire crews found a detached outbuilding which was well alight at the rear of a business premises.

The building measured approximately 10 metres by five metres.

Two firefighters, wearing breathing apparatus, used a hose reel jet to tackle the fire from within the building, while crews also used a main jet to fight the fire from outside.

After extinguishing the fire the crews used a thermal imaging camera to check for any hotspots and a large fan to clear the smoke from the property.

Firefighters were in attendance for around one hour.

No one was injured and it’s not clear how the fire started.

(Image courtesy of Jonathan White)

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