Fire-fighters tackle stable fire

Date published: 09 May 2011


A fire in the stables area of a Heywood farm is thought to have been started by discarded smoking materials.

At 6.03pm on Saturday (7 May) fire-fighters from Heywood Fire Station were called Green End Lane Farm, Heywood.

The crews used short extension ladders, roof ladders, water jets and breathing apparatus to deal with a fire which affected 70 square metres of timber roofing on a stable block and some of the contents of an adjacent barn.

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