Firefighters tackle lorry trailer blaze in Heysham

Three fire engines from Lancaster, Morecambe and Silverdale Fire Stations, the water bowser from Leyland, and an aerial ladder platform with a supporting fire engine from Morecambe attended a commercial premises on Imperial Road, Heysham at 11.46am on April 27.

Firefighters used one 45‑millimetre jet, one hose reel, breathing apparatus, personal protection equipment masks, an aerial ladder platform and a light portable pump to extinguish a fire involving an articulated trailer containing seven tonnes of cardboard.

Fire crews were on scene for approximately four hours.