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'Huge' fire at Kingsnorth waste oil depot | 'Huge' fire at Kingsnorth waste oil depot |
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More than 60 firefighters have spent the night tackling a major blaze at a waste oil depot near Kingsnorth power station in Kent. | More than 60 firefighters have spent the night tackling a major blaze at a waste oil depot near Kingsnorth power station in Kent. |
One eyewitness described the fire at Eco-Oil Ltd at the Kingsnorth Industrial Estate at Hoo as "huge". | |
Kent Fire and Rescue Service managed to contain burning oil which spread on to adjacent land cleared for development. | Kent Fire and Rescue Service managed to contain burning oil which spread on to adjacent land cleared for development. |
Firefighters said the blaze started at about 2300 BST and was finally brought under control at around 0545 BST. | Firefighters said the blaze started at about 2300 BST and was finally brought under control at around 0545 BST. |
The fire started in two road tankers before spreading to plastic and steel drum oil containers. | The fire started in two road tankers before spreading to plastic and steel drum oil containers. |
No casualties have been reported. | No casualties have been reported. |
'Exploding oil barrels' | |
At least 10 fire crews from around the county were tackling the fire, with extra foam units brought in from London and Essex. | At least 10 fire crews from around the county were tackling the fire, with extra foam units brought in from London and Essex. |
Graham Gash, area manager from Kent Fire and Rescue said: "Crews have done a great job in fighting this serious fire and successfully managing to prevent it spreading further and damaging nearby buildings. | Graham Gash, area manager from Kent Fire and Rescue said: "Crews have done a great job in fighting this serious fire and successfully managing to prevent it spreading further and damaging nearby buildings. |
"We worked alongside our partners from the London Fire Brigade and Essex Fire and Rescue Service and I think praise goes to everyone for a job well done." | |
Mr Gash said crews were confronted by a very serious fire involving road tanker vehicles carrying 1,000-litre containers of reclaimed engine oil and numerous 200-litre barrels of oil which were exploding. | |
He added: "More importantly, we had fuel that was flowing from the site and this posed a significant threat to the surrounding building which was three industrial units." | |
Thermal imaging checks | |
The fire officer said foam had to be used to put out a very hot oil fire, while two high volume water supplies were needed for a major foam strike - one for cooling and one for foam production. | |
He added: "This particular area is not very well served with a good water supply so we had to run in two water mains from Kingsnorth power station." | |
By about 0800 BST on Saturday, fire crews had entered the turning over and damping down phase, Mr Gash said. | |
He said crews were working to make sure the fire was out and checking the industrial units with thermal imaging cameras to make sure there had been no undetected fire spread. | |
Mr Gash said there was minimal risk to people nearby because the industrial estate was surrounded by commercial industrial retail outlets and not residential areas. | |
He said the brigade's fire investigation team would be investigating the cause of the fire along with Kent Police. |