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Eight fire engines rush to incident near Preston Docks as residents urged to close windows and doors
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Firefighters have rushed to tackle a blaze near Preston Docks.
Eight fire engines were called to an incident in Wallend Road at approximately 5.40pm on Tuesday (April 11).
Residents living in the surrounding area were urged to keep their windows and doors closed if they could see or smell smoke.
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LIVE: Eight fire engines rush to incident near Preston Docks
Key Events
- Eight fire engines in attendance
- Residents urged to keep windows and doors closed
- Fire involves “large amount of cardboard"
- Firefighters using two jets and one hose reel to keep fire under control
Firefighters left the scene at around 11.30pm
A spokesman for LFRS said: “We left the incident ground and handed the building over to the site manager at around 11:30pm last night after temperatures had reduced and all cardboard had been fully drenched and moved back into the building.”
Extra resources called to the scene
An aerial ladder platform was requested, as well as the LFRS Drone Team to assist ground crews with aerial situational awareness.