Shropshire Star

Crews tackle fire at Caterpillar in Shrewsbury

Crews were called out to tackle a fire at the Caterpillar site in Shrewsbury.

Published
Last updated

The incident took place at the firm's Lancaster Road site on Thursday afternoon, with three crews sent to the scene.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said they had been alerted to an incident classed as a commercial fire, at around 2.30pm.

Two Shrewsbury crews attended, along with another from Wellington plus an operations officer.

Firefighters used breathing apparatus, a dry powder extinguisher and a hosereel jet to deal with the incident, which was concluded around 3.47pm.