Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Pennygillam Industrial Estate, Launceston at 21/06/2016 01:26

At 0126 hrs Fire Control received a call to Pennygillam Industrial Estate. The caller had heard an explosion and could see flames coming from a nearby property. Two appliances from Launceston were mobilised to the incident along with a Supervisory Officer. On arrival crews found 3 lorries to be well alight with the possibility of spread to nearby buildings and requested another two appliances to attend. These were mobilised from Liskeard and Callington along with a specialist appliance from St Austell and another Supervisory Officer. Crews used four breathing apparatus sets, two main jets and a hose reel to tackle the fire.

Update at 0239: Crews are currently damping down and are using two breathing apparatus, one hose reel and one main jet.
These are all the available details for this incident.