MASSIVE fire at industrial estate in Bodmin burns through the night
Crews from across Cornwall were called to Cooksland after a 999 caller reported smoke
Last updated 12th Oct 2021
Firefighters have spent the night battling a huge fire at an industrial estate in Bodmin.
The blaze broke out at a commercial property at Cooksland just after 11.30pm on Monday (11th October).
Local crews were paged after a 999 caller reported smoke billowing from a building.
The fire was so fierce, they called in back-up from Lostwithiel, Wadebridge, St Dennis, Launceston and St Austell.
The aerial ladder platform from Newquay has been fighting the flames from above too.
Electricity and gas companies were also at the scene in the early hours of the morning.
Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service says teams are making good progress and the incident is being scaled back.
They said: "Appliances from Bodmin, Lostwithiel, Wadebridge, St Dennis and Newquay along with support vehicles from Launceston and St Austell are currently in attendance at a commercial property fire in Bodmin.
"At 23:25 a single call was received from a member of public stating they could see what looked like smoke from the building.
"Both appliances from Bodmin were mobilised to investigate.
"On arrival it was confirmed smoke was issuing from the rear of the property measuring approximately 60 x 40 metres and the crews subsequently requested three additional fire appliances and the support vehicles to go with that.
"Firefighters are using breathing apparatus, hose reels and main jets to tackle the blaze from the ground and the aerial ladder platform from Newquay is being established to fight the fire from above.
"Electricity and Gas companies are also on scene isolating utilities for scene safety".
At 3am Cornwall Fire and Rescue said that while all crews remained at the scene, good progress was being made and an investigation would take place during daylight hours.
Shortly after 5am, they added: "Good progress is being made and the incident is being scaled down to two appliances. Firefighters are checking for hot spots. Further updates will be added as and when they are received from the fire ground".