Firesfighters second visit to Hardley factory

11:35am Friday 14th May 2010 in News

FIRE crews have been called to a Hampshire company for the second time in less than 24 hours.

They were summoned to the Charleston Industrial Estate in Hardley today after 1,500 litres of an inflammable liquid started leaking from a storage tank.

Crews from Beaulieu, Hardley, Hythe and the St Mary's station in Southampton are using foam to contain the leak.

Last night firefighters were called to the same company, Tradebe, to tackle a blaze in a silo filled with 50 tons of woodchippings, sawdust and tar.

A Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said the two incidents were unrelated.

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Comments(7)

Oberon says...
1:04pm Fri 14 May 10

This is the same company that had a serious fire in a tank last year, and numerous others over recent years that never seem to be heard about. What are they doing? why are they allowed to continue to operate? They also burn radioactive waste from the nuclear power stations is any of that involved in this. This seems a rather low key response to what could affect thousands of us living in the Waterside area.

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beesdee says...
1:28pm Fri 14 May 10

How about an apostrophe after 'Firefighters'?
Back to school..

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K in says...
3:21pm Fri 14 May 10

There shouldn't be an apostrophe it's plural...

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Linesman says...
5:46pm Fri 14 May 10

It would appear that beesdee is not the bees knees when it comes to spelling!

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Gaia says...
7:41pm Fri 14 May 10

Thank you for your comment, Oberon. Amusing that the other three seem more concerned with an obscure point of grammar.
The previous operators of the site went into liquidation last year. The comment on a notice board relating to environment professionals expressed the hope that the new owners (a Spanish company) would provide the investment that was needed to deal with the past history of problems on the site. It looks as if nothing has happened, except two more fires! The sad part is that the HSE did a major rework of the "Hazard Zone" last year and decided that it could be reduced.

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English defence league Hythe division says...
8:40pm Fri 14 May 10

This site burns everything from bse carcases,chemical waste and clinical waste to radioactive waste and has a poor safety record.It is responsible for poluting the local area which can cause cancer and other illnesses.

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Gaia says...
12:42pm Sat 15 May 10

Glad to see that someone else is taking this seriously. I have asked HSE to confirm what action they are taking.
As a matter of interest Hampshire Fire and Rescue make no mention of either incident on their Incident List, even though they mention a subsequent fire at a private house. Last time there was a fire at the incinerator it was also not shown on the Incident List. The excuse then was that it happened "out of hours"! Possibly quite innocent, ,but three times?

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