'Devastating event': Fire crews tackle 14-hour fire at Walsall family run pork scratchings factory as company issues a message to customers
Footage shows fire crews remain at the scene of a large fire in a family run pork scratchings factory in Walsall involving two large drums of cooking oil.
Shortly before 7.20pm on Sunday, December 14, West Midlands Fire Service responded to a significant blaze at Simmons Scratchings factory on Newfield Close, Bloxwich. At the height of this incident, 13 fire engines and a two hydraulic aerial platforms were at the scene.
Crews from Bloxwich, Walsall, Aldridge, Willenhall, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Tipton, Bilston, Tettenhall, Dudley, Fallings Park, Highgate, Handsworth and Woodgate Valley stations attended, the first arriving at the scene within three minutes of being mobilised.
By Monday, December 15 morning, West Midlands Fire Service say good progress is being made as two remaining crews continue to target hotspots in one particular area of the building.
No casualties or injuries have been reported.
