Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Events Square, Falmouth at 07/05/2022 13:43

The Critical Control Centre began receiving multiple emergency calls at 13:43 with reports of a fire in a building in Events Square, Falmouth.

Due to the number of calls coming in and reports of large amounts of smoke coming from the building, three appliances were immediately mobilised from Falmouth & Truro. At this time, a Whole Time officer was also mobilised for support.

On arrival, the first appliance in attendance issued a “MAKE PUMPS 4 – SMOKE ISSUING” message.

Following this, a further appliance from Tolvaddon was mobilised to the incident. In addition to this, a second Whole Time Officer and an Incident Command Unit from St Just were mobilised.

Ambulance attended to treat a number of casualties suffering from smoke inhalation.

Crews remain on scene at this time.
In total, 30 calls were received for this incident.