300 tons of plastic was quickly brought under control at Hessle fire
Over 150 firefighters attended this incident
Last updated 26th Nov 2021
Humberside Fire and Rescue have released a final statement on the huge blaze that sent large plumes of smoke across Hull with people reporting ‘explosion’ noises.
The control room received 127 calls about the fire around 3:30pm on 24th November to a fire at a business in Priory Tech Way in Hessle.
At 4pm there were 10 fire engines on scene along with one Aerial Ladder Platform and two special units (water support and incident command unit) in attendance.
Soon after, a major incident was declared, and the Local Resilience Forum (LRF) multi agency response was established. Local residents were evacuated and nearby churches and pubs took them in to provide warm drinks and shelter but were allowed back in their properties in the early hours of 25th November.
By Thursday (25th) the fire was under control resulting in six fire engines remaining on site to dampen down any residual heat. As of today (26th Nov) one engine remains on site for 'monitoring purposes.'
It’s thought the fire was started by accident.
Jason Kirby, Director of People and Development at Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, said
“This is multi-agency working at its best; as the major incident was declared we rallied together, and this resulted in us bringing this large industrial fire quickly under control .
“Over 150 firefighters attended this incident, our Fire Control Operators took 127 emergency 999 calls within minutes, and countless more internal communications as they arranged crewing, working alongside colleagues from other agencies.
“Our Prevention and Protection staff have visited the residential area nearby, carrying out community reassurance with residents of the evacuated properties and those properties facing the fire, and the response has been amazing. Thank you for everyone’s support, encouragement and cooperation during this time.”
Fire engines were reduced further over the course of the evening on 25 November and HFRS maintain a presence with a fire engine at the factory site on 26 November.