Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Cooksland Industrial Estate, Bodmin at 12/10/2021 00:15

Ongoing Incident:

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 meters 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.

Update: 03:00. Good progress is being made, all appliances remain on scene at this time. A full fire investigation will take place during daylight hours.

Update: 05:15. 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.