Firefighters tackling blaze at Chirk factory
Six fire crews have been tackling a blaze at a factory in Chirk.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service say they have are in attendance at a fire at Kronospan, Chirk since 4:57am this morning.
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Six appliances from Chirk, Wrexham, Johnstown, Llangollen, Deeside and Shropshire are in attendance including two area ladder platforms and an incident command unit.
Derek has sent us this video of the fire earlier when things were well ablaze https://t.co/Op45oMiVMi pic.twitter.com/Azs0nxZteQ
— Wrexham.com (@wrexham) September 8, 2017
The fire is confined to wood chip within a silo area and is currently being tackled by firefighters in conjunction with engineers from Kronospan.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
More information when we have it.
Top picture / video sent to Wrexham.com by “Stop Kronospan Pollution Group”
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