Recycling site fire in Sittingbourne
30+ Incident Saturday 14 September 2024 23:08
Sunday 15 September 2024
01:32
Fire engines: 7
Equipment: PPE - Breathing apparatus, Firefighting - High-pressure hose reel jet, Firefighting - Positive pressure ventilation fan
Special support vehicles: Height vehicle
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Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire at a recycling site in Gas Road, Sittingbourne.
Seven fire engines and a height vehicle attended and crews, wearing breathing apparatus, used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames.
There were no reported injuries and the cause believed to be accidental and started in machinery.