Feb 20 - Fire At Old Incinerator
The Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) responded to a fire call with a gas explosion at the Old Incinerator site on Europa Advance Road yesterday evening after 19:30.
The GFRS sent two appliances (eight fire fighters) as per its pre-determined attendance for incidents of this nature. The GHA ambulance service was also dispatched as precautionary measure just in case there were any casualties.
On arrival at the incident, the incident commander reported that there was a fire confined inside the refuse pit and that they were carrying out defensive firefighting operations.
The fire was immediately brought under control and was finally extinguished at approximately 22:16hrs by using two jets of water.
The GFRS has confirmed that there were no casualties involved.
The GFRS says it would like to thank the following departments / agencies for services rendered:
Aquagib, MOD water section, METALROK Ltd, the GHA and the RGP.
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