Firefighters battle Humberside barn blaze for over 24 hours
Firefighters in Humberside battled a barn blaze for over 24 hours on New Year's Day.
Humberside Fire and Rescue service were called to the Grinsdale Rise farm in Nafferton at around 2.34pm after the owners found their Dutch barn was aflame, Driffield Today reported.
Firefighters were tackling the flames for hours as 120 tonnes of straw ignited and helped fuel the fire. Crews only left the scene at 4.24pm on January 2nd.
A spokesperson for Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said: "The fire got put out quite quickly but firefighters had to turn and dampen the hay over in case there were any residual embers so that there was no risk of reigniting."
A 'suitable and sufficient' fire risk assessment must be conducted on all commercial properties in England and Wales, under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
If the fire risk assessment is deemed to be carried out to an insufficient extent, the Responsible Person can face an unlimited fine or a prison sentence of up to two years.
No-one was inside the barn at the time of the fire.
Posted by Ryan Stevens
