Time Incident Posted: 09:42
Incident Date: 08/06/2017
Incident Location: Argos, St Mary's Place, Market Harborough
Incident Number: 8205
Incident Type: Building fire
Initial Emergency Call Received: 09:05
Fire and Rescue Service Vehicles Attended: 2 appliances from Market Harborough
Officer(s) in Charge of Incident: Crew Manager
Time Incident Closed:
Damage: 5% by fire, 75% by smoke to office space
Believed Cause: cause believed electrical fault with extractor fan
Initial Information: Call received from site reporting a fire inside the office are within the building, site is being evacuated.
Updated Incident Information: on arrival crews confirmed fire is located in the office space within the building, building consisting of 2 floors measuring 20m by 20m, 2 breathing apparatus and 1 hose reel jet in use.
09:36 - Fire has now been extinguished, Breathing apparatus teams are currently checking for fire spread, 2 breathing apparatus and 1 covering jet in use.
09:45 - STOP message - All breathing apparatus has now been withdrawn, positive pressure ventilation fan is now in use. equipment is being made up and fire investigation is taking place.
10:00 - 1st floor ventilation in progress due to minor smoke logging, cutting away and damping down in progress in ground floor office space, 1 hose reel in use.
10:25 - cutting away is complete, electricity supply has been isolated. Positive pressure ventilation fan in use to ventilate adjoining property.
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