Asbestos fear after car transporter fire spreads to garage in Newport
Asbestos specialists were called to a blaze in Newport after a fire involving a car transporter and a car spread to a garage building.
Six appliances, including an incident command unit, were mobilised to Tan Bank from fire stations in Newport, Telford Central, Tweedale and Wellington at 11.01pm on Wednesday.
There they found that a blaze on a car transporter, and a single car, had spread to the building at Premier Car Care.
Because of the presence of asbestos and fuel, an operations, fire investigation and safety officers were involved. Police were also informed.
Crews used breathing apparatus, a covering jet, a hosereel jet, a main jet, a short extension ladder, and a thermal imaging camera to deal with the blaze.
Fire crews declared a stop to the incident at 12.41am on Thursday.
An incident investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the blaze.
