Date: 15/01/2021
Time: 16:48:00
Address: Pembroke Street, Bacup
Incident Number: 2101003721
Two fire engines from Bacup attended a fire on Pembroke Street in Bacup. Firefighters found a small rubbish fire outside a property which had spread to an external gas main. The fire had also spread to the guttering of an adjacent property. A number of properties were evacuated as a precaution while firefighters extinguished the fire and gas engineers were able to attend to make the scene safe. Firefighters used a hose reel and gas detectors at the incident and were in attendance around three hours and thirty minutes.