New warning over poor parking after fire engines blocked
Badly parked cars could cost lives, Shropshire emergency service officials have warned.
The alert follows several cases in Shrewsbury and Market Drayton where fire crews could not access properties because of badly parked cars.
The latest happened on Saturday where a crew based in Market Drayton had to wait for people living in Frogmore Road in the town to come out of their homes and move their vehicles before it could reach a house.
It later transpired an electrical fault was behind the alarm being raised shortly after 7.30pm and that there had been no major fire.
Malcolm Stevenson, speaking for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "It is a long standing issue and tends to be a year round problem in certain parts of Shropshire where we have a number of Victorian streets. One of the major problems is cars parked too close to junctions.
