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A dramatic night-time image of a fire on Rishworth Moor near the A672 earlier this year. (picture: Gary Richardson) Firefighters in Kirklees are having to battle more than one moorland blaze every week. There have been 67 moorland fires in the area since April 2009, even more than the 57 blazes recorded in the borough [...]
Firefighters respond to a blaze on Crompton Moor above Denshaw in April. There’s been a huge increase in the amount of fires breaking out on moorland in our area. The fire brigade responded to 36 moorland blazes in the borough of Oldham in April, May and June this year, compared with [...]
The Standedge Tunnel at the Diggle end. There were anxious moments for rail passengers earlier, as smoke was seen coming from their train as it passed through the Standedge Tunnel between Marsden and Diggle. The train stopped inside the tunnel to allow fire crews to deal with the smoke, before the train was [...]
The aftermath of Monday's fire. (picture: www.twitter.com/terrierandy7) Both the Huddersfield Narrow and Huddersfield Broad canals have now re-opened following Monday’s fire at the Grosvenor Chemicals plant at Linthwaite. Officials from British Waterways are satisfied that pollution from the incident, which had got into the River Colne, has now dispersed. The [...] The River Colne near Crosland Moor today. (picture: www.twitter.com/bob__b) The River Colne has begun to show visible effects of the pollution caused by yesterday’s fire at the Grosvenor Chemicals plant in Linthwaite. This picture was sent in by reader Robert Bray, and shows the river foaming up near Crosland Moor this morning. Concern about chemicals leaking [...]
The aftermath of the fire yesterday. (picture: terrierandy7) There are concerns about pollution in the Linthwaite area following yesterday’s fire at the Grosvenor Chemicals plant. Part of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and all of the Huddersfield Broad Canal have been closed, while a special team of experts has been deployed to [...] The fire at the Grosvenor Chemicals plant in Linthwaite. (all pictures: terrierandy7) Here are some more images of the fire at the Grosvenor Chemicals plant in Linthwaite. They were taken by Flickr user terrierandy7, and you can see more of his pictures at his page here. The blaze was brought under control [...]
The Grosvenor Chemicals plant in Linthwaite ablaze last night. (picture: www.twitter.com/terrierandy7) A large explosion and fire struck the Grosvenor Chemicals factory in Linthwaite overnight. More than 100 firefighters and 25 fire engines have been tackling the blaze, and there has been disruption to roads and schools in the area. The [...]
A fire engine parked on Marsden Moor yesterday. (picture: Robert Bray) Another moorland fire broke out in our area yesterday. This time the area affected was Marsden Moor, near Wessenden Reservoir. Fire crews from Holmfirth, Marsden, Slaithwaite, Meltham and Huddersfield were all called out to bring the fire under control. [...] The fire burns on Rishworth Moor on Sunday night. (pictures: Gary Richardson) Here are some dramatic night-time photos of Sunday’s moorland fire on Rishworth Moor. They were sent in by reader Gary Richardson. Five fire crews tackled the blaze, which at its largest extent spread across three square kilometres of moorland. It [...] |
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