Shipping container blaze in Stone Cross

Four fire engines were dispatched to a building site in the early hours of this morning (17/08)

Author: Josh BarnesPublished 17th Aug 2024

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was called at 00:32 this morning (17/08) after receiving reports of two shipping containers alight at Stone Cross.

Four fire engines were at the scene on Hailsham Road near Funnell Drive, the containers were in a building site.

There are no reports of injuries.

At 02:10 the site was handed over to a security team with the fire crews leaving.

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