Fire in a papermill yard – Nechells, Birmingham
Birmingham firefighters working to extinguish blaze in papermill yard in Nechells
Mount Street, Nechells, Birmingham, UK
Shortly before 7am on Friday (28 June), we responded to Mount Street in the Nechells area of Birmingham. Five fire engines, a 4×4 brigade response vehicle and a hydraulic aerial platform are in attendance, crewed by firefighters from Aston, Ward End, Erdington, Highgate and Hay Mills stations. This is a fire in a papermill yard, affecting approximately 400 tonnes of cardboard bales. Good progress is being made at this incident and crews continue to work to extinguish the fire. The hydraulic aerial platform is in operation. On-site machinery is being used to safely break up bales to allow crews to damp down and extinguish hotspots. If you are affected by the smoke plume, keep your windows and doors closed. This is a live incident – we will continue to update this page.
Updates for this incident
Crews are being supported by technical rescue colleagues, who are assisting with the breaking up of bales of cardboard to be extinguished. Available plant machinery is also being used to assist this process. The smoke plume has begun to reduce but if you continue to be affected by smoke, keep your windows and doors closed.
Four fire engines and a hydraulic aerial platform remain at this incident. Diggers, operated by on-site staff, are safely splitting bales of cardboard to allow crews to extinguish fire. We expect to be remain on-site for some time.
Our crews remain on scene and will be in attendance throughout the night. Crews are continuing to use our hydraulic platform to target hot spots, as they work alongside the on-site staff operating diggers.
Our crews left scene at 2am this morning but are continuing to revisit as they monitor for hotspots. This was a large fire involving approximately 500 tonnes of cardboard and paper.
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