Fire crews tackled a significant blaze at an industrial unit in Keynsham on Monday 19th January.
The fire at the site in Keynsham | Photo provided
Roads surrounding the site on Broadmead Lane were cordoned off by police, with multiple emergency services arriving throughout the evening.
Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) said they were called at 4.45pm to reports of the fire.
The industrial estate is the base of an engineering firm, a boat builder, a scrap metal dealer, a skip hire firm and multiple vehicle businesses.
Smoke can be seen coming from the site
At the height of the incident, AF&RS had twelve fire engines, two turntable ladders and their Service Command Unit at the scene.
Additional incident response vehicles also attended, as did fire officers from further afield.
One person was treated by paramedics at the site, and taken to hospital via land ambulance.
The incident was scaled back at around 9pm, with six fire engines and two turntable ladders remaining on scene.
In an update this morning, the fire service said: The fire was safely extinguished last night.
“Crews re-attended the scene in the early hours of the morning to check for hot spots and ensure the scene was safe.”
The fire service has said the cause of the fire currently remains unknown.
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) told the Echo: “We were called at 16:48hrs on Monday 19th January to an incident in Keynsham.
“We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, an operations officer, a critical care car and the hazardous area response team to the scene.
“We conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Royal United Hospital Bath.”
