Eight fire crews rush to dangerous blaze on Milton Keynes industrial estate
Eight fire crews from as far afield as Northants and Beds rushed to tackle a fire at an industrial unit on Tongwell.
The blaze involved machinery inside the Michigan Drive unit and firefighters used breathing apparatus, three main jets and one hose reel jet to extinguish it.
They were called out at 8.37pm last night (Wednesday August 19) and remained on scene for severa hours to deal with hotspots, cut away building materials and carry out thermal imagining checks.
The eight crews were from Broughton, Olney, West Ashland (two crews), Buckingham, Towcester and Kempston. They were joined by an incident command unit from Aylesbury as well as four officers because it was a commercial fire involving machinery.
Earlier in the day, just after 4pm, crews had been called out to a field fire at Broughton Grounds Lane on Brooklands. The blaze involved 30 tonnes of hay and half an acre of stubble and hedgerow.
Firefighters used hose reel jets, beaters and small gear equipment.