Twenty-eight firefighters from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service tackled a blaze at a young people’s support service in the early hours of Friday 21st January 2011.
The alarm was raised on Friday morning after the fire broke out at around 6am at the Tyneside Foyer, in Bath Lane in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Eight fire appliances from Newcastle South, Gateshead East, Newcastle West and Newcastle East Community Fire Stations attended, including an Aerial Ladder Platform and a Command Unit.
Later that afternoon once the fire had been safely extinguished, Warren Access were called by Access Construction http://www.accessconstruction.co.uk/ who required a hydraulic platform to assist with boarding up the blown out windows at the property which can be clearly seen in the photo to the left.
Thankfully, no one was hurt in the blast and everyone was accounted for but the building was very badly damaged.
The 27m Multitel Platform was used for the job, which has an impressive maximum outreach of 13 metres. Warren Access now have 4 Multitel Platforms in their fleet, which compliment their vast van mounted range.
See below for further links to the story…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-12258789
http://www.twfire.gov.uk/news/news/?EntryId67=52911
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