Post by VPL630 on Jun 10, 2012 8:13:11 GMT
Credit to Daniel Disbury (A controller at Ensign) for the photo
www.essex-fire.gov.uk/pages/index.asp?area=5&id=46 - Incident No: 10772
Date: 09-06-2012
Time: 19:00
Details: Two double deckers destroyed by fire
Address: Ensign Bus Company, Juliette Way, Purfleet
Attendance: 2 x Grays, including aerial ladder platform, 2 x Orsett, 1 x Wennington (London Fire Brigade)
Firefighters were called to tackle a blaze in a bus depot. The incident involved two double decker buses parked inside. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two jets and one hose reel to fight flames.
At 19:25 hrs, crews reported that both vehicles were 100 per cent well alight and the side of the depot building was being affected by heat. The aerial ladder platform was used as a cooling monitor, pouring water onto the scene from above as crews tackled flames on the ground.
At 19:46 hrs, crews reported that the two buses were destroyed by fire as the incident was being brought under control.
The fire was out by 20:55 hrs.
We have no information at this stage relating to the cause of the incident.
