*ON SCENE* Firefighters Tackle HUGE Mill Fire In Ashton

[@CobraEmergency]

Clearly a very challenging incident for the emergency services with difficult access, a large fireground and multiple properties - plus huge flames! Impressive footage Ben. Good work GMC.

[@FirePhotos]

Thanks Steve was a very large and prolonged incident!

[@lolzlolz69]

Something about blue emergency lighting that's just so captivating. Don't get the same feeling with red lighting like in the states.

[@robertcblake8127]

Respect to you guys from a retired firefighter Shell Refinery Essex.

[@normandate7696]

Your video is amazing and the night shots are indeed awesome. Thank goodness we have such dedicated men and women in the fire service, with great respect to you all.

[@klobmiester]

I grew up on that street and have many memories playing around there as a kid in the early 90s , climbing on the mills and finding a kestrel nest , rope swing on the fire stairs, finding footballs in spring grove after Sunday league games , so sad that it’s all gone in one hit 😢

[@johnwalker325]

God bless the fire brigade what should we do without them brave brilliant people

[@njemergencychaser5508]

Good to know America doesn’t the only place with massive mill fires.

[@jbroof1234]

Hard to fight a large industrial fire. No matter where it is in the world.

[@richardwani2803]

Massive respect to all firefighters 🚒

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

Nice emergency lights setup on the Tower Ladder at 3:50

[@JackMacLupus]

The whole Ladder itself is a nice piece of equipment.

[@ozzy2426]

they are called Arial ladder platform or ALP for short

[@BenGreenwood999]

great bit of video mate, cant believe how quickly it spread

[@curtisziegler1116]

I live in the us i have seen mill fires in large brick buildings and the outer structure makes it more of an oven effect increasing the heat inside and any oils that have soaked in to the wood just make more fuel for the fire to get even hotter.

[@andyknight1]

A very well put together video of a dire situation. You've earned yourself another subscriber.

[@FirePhotos]

Thank you for those kind words ☺️

[@CobraEmergency]

9:30 Oops the Google Street View car is stuck in the access road! Now that's gunna look interesting on Streetview.

[@kevinpattinson6456]

well spotted

[@bluefalcongaming5946]

@Arsenal Emirates Just looked on there and no sing of any big red flaming bricks or big red wheeled monsters with blue lights!

[@fullnuclearbreakfast]

If you go and look at Portugal St now there's a bunch of fire trucks everywhere. Might even be able to see our cameraman!

[@JackMacLupus]

I thought Google canceled Street View due to the gigantic costs that all those "I dont want to see my house on street view"-people where causing with the removal/editing of their house or whatever they wanted to edited.

[@okay3256]

I just went on, police, fire, ambo, hart and the flames!!!!

[@112ZeelandOfficieel]

That Laddertruck is amazing!

[@uktrains7505]

The older and newer volvo ladder truck look amazing

[@phabeoncapper5410]

UK Trains which one you prefer I liked the old one better like with everything

[@ricardo19851]

I'm from Canada and it's so cool their uniforms and their equipment especially the fire trucks I love the looks Great catch

[@philyew3617]

I've spent some time in Canada and in the US and, one very noticeable thing you didn't mention is that... None of our British Fire Fighters are Fat. Sounds harsh but it's true.

[@help3102]

@@philyew3617 ok

[@statosphereonline2008]

@@philyew3617 i've never seen a fat US firefighter who wasn't retired, tbf.

[@sixtytooze4746]

As a firefighter from the states, I love there trucks as well. I feel ours are getting too big, especially driving them in older cities in the Northeast.

[@matt37032]

The firemen who attended this job are very brave that fire looks scary

[@BlueLightEmergencyUK331]

I enjoyed this video. really good work 👍🏻

[@FirePhotos]

Thank you very much!

[@huh3721]

Great lighting packages on all vehicles. Also 25:07 light on side over rear wheel comes on with reverse

[@stuartgmk]

Great video and very professional firemen .

[@gcfcos]

Amazing footage. Haven’t seen a Simon snorkel for years

[@armycadet2091]

What’s that?

[@atcsguy8761]

It was one of the aerial firefighting appliances use to fight the fire. And yes I noticed the Simon Snorkel as well, and after some research Simon is not around anymore. The Simon-Telelect company here in the states was bounced around between a few different parent companies in the 1980's and 1990's until a company called Terex bought up what was left of the company in 1997, from there they left the firefighting market all together.

[@thehighwaycowboy2822]

Absolutely superb quality capture

[@contactacb]

Ironically a lot of these 19th & early 20th Century mills, built for single large companies were sprinklered for property protection. When the big traditional industries folded in the late 20th Century and these buildings got split into the multi tenanted premises they are today very often the sprinklers were decommissioned as they weren't legally required for life safety and the new owners didn't want the costs of maintaining & overhauling the systems nor constantly re configuring them for changes in layout as tenants changed over time. This and the lower levels of fire safety compliance often seen in this type of building often results in the above video scenario.

[@anthonyjackson1446]

Nice video and fire apparatus ground action, also nice specialty units, but my only problem or complaint is that as big as this fire was, the roster only shows that 3 ladder trucks responded to this massive fire, heck here in the USA 🇺🇸 we would have had about 15 to 18 pumpers and about 9 or more ladders dispatched to this massive fire if it was here in the USA 🇺🇸 , but again nice video and fire apparatus and action scenes... Tony j. from the USA 🇺🇸...👌🏽👍👍🔥🔥👏

[@CDB8939]

In the UK, Aerial Appliances are specialist vehicles, Each Fire Service will only have a handful of them dependent on the risk in their particular area, For instance Greater Manchester in this video have Approximately 90 Pumps, but only 8 Aerial Appliances. some Fire Services will Primary Crew the Aerial, but others will cross jump from a Pump. There are different type of Aerial Appliances in the UK, we have TL's (Turntable Ladders) which you see in the video with an articulating platform, usually Metz or Magirus, there are ALP's (Aerial Ladder Platforms) usually Bronto, Magirus or Vema, The heights can range from 32 meters to 64 meters. We also have a range of other specialist vehicles that will be able to support large incidents, such as Technical Rescue Vehicles, Hose Layers, Environmental Protection, Command Units, Breathing Apparatus Support, Water Rescue, Line Rescue, Foam Tenders, Water Tankers.

[@rhysthomas1301]

@@CDB8939 you forgot the HP, hydraulic platform, as based on the Volvo FL6 in the video

[@rogerramsay5700]

Our boys know what to do we don’t stand around with pulling Polls

[@joeapicelli8367]

Good job from your fellow firefighter and cousin in America. (Me mum was a Thomson 😁)

[@BenchTheKench69]

that siren on that technical response unit sounds super powerful

[@FirePhotos]

It sure is it's got a bullhorn as well!

[@rg1231000]

At 09:35 that Google Streetview car is going to have some very interesting photos to upload!!!

[@bobhellier]

have they got foam to put the fire out like airport fire engines have for plane fires

[@ozzy2426]

very gallant of the fireman at 21:14 he managed to save the lives of some walkers crisp's and even found then some warm cloths to wear before he past them round to be eaten

[@mr_glasgow84]

Loads of firefighters....but how many actually fighting that fire at any one time 😮

[@thierrywilkes7523]

Brilliant fire fighters you are so good well done guys you work hard at your job from bird wood yacht4 speed boat 1

[@littlehuey5679]

Seen a lot of men but not a lot of water going on the fire ? Good video!

[@BenchTheKench69]

amazing video. Love the hose laying unit in action. You should goto the next fire at SAICA paper mill in Carrington. It pretty much happens on a monthly basis.

[@nphil93992]

Its not often you see a UK hose laying unit, were they drawing water from the canal? I would guess that they were given the size of hose its laying

[@BenchTheKench69]

@@nphil93992 most likely or a local lake.

[@FirePhotos]

Yes they had 3 pumps drawing water from the nearby canal

[@FirePhotos]

Thanks, I do have a video from the last Fire at SAICA paper I’ll have to upload that soon!

[@BenchTheKench69]

@@FirePhotos did u ever upload that?

[@anthonyeastwell255]

Respect to all emergency services

[@thierrywilkes7523]

You are good you guys have done a grand job for putting out the fires well done bird wood yacht4 speed boat1

[@Tom-Lahaye]

That was a massive fire, the old steel and brick floors were not up to the heat.

[@steve1978ger]

those little ramps to drive over hoses are always to narrow... would be nice to have a lot more of them

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

Hose Ramps.

[@darrenharlow3016]

fantastic shots there some spooky like the blitz photos

[@FirePhotos]

Thanks, It sure was a large fire

[@The_guy_named_james]

the volvo ladder truck looks very nice

[@short_kenobi]

Aye, I've seen it in person at the emergency services day

[@fatpikachu1712]

Which one? The older model or the newer model?

[@hayleywilliams8750]

The building in the top right of the thumbnail is reminding me of the blitz

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

The Command Support Unit @ 36:26 is crying out for some ‘Battenberg’ markings.

[@jeffdonovan8639]

Great effort from the emergency services. Good video.

[@fatpikachu1712]

21:12 He's holding a crisps box lol

[@sidofmidd]

excellent video

[@torismith4306]

How did it burn

[@ukemergencyvideos3335]

Amazing video, love it.

[@FirePhotos]

Thanks :)

[@vendettaairsoft3495]

Anyone else notice the street view car? At 9:33

[@pring666]

Yeah, i wonder if we can see the fire on street view :D

[@rainbowofficial7824]

Me

[@john45305]

@Arsenal Emirates Google WILL Edit it out, was my car

[@dautsjedevreeze8590]

old buildings with little to no fire-resistant walls and doors simply because they were not there at the time of construction, and it looks like a lot of wood which has dried up quite a bit over the years and is therefore a fire hazard. I don't know when these buildings were built, of course, but what is certain is that they were old buildings. what was the cause of the fire or was it never known .. beautifully filmed, I must add ..

[@wirraljohn3242]

Great video mate. Seemed to be a lack of BA, even on the Snorkel operators.

[@tobarstep]

38:20 What's that about? They didn't notice the giant hose in the street and got stuck on it?

[@mortgagewizard40]

what happened with the fiat towards the end...Absolutely brilliant video by the way mate

[@FirePhotos]

The driver got it stuck on a hose ramp

[@mortgagewizard40]

@@FirePhotos oops...

[@vanessahuman7607]

Prayers for firefighters every where.

[@transilvanischervampir666]

🧐 die bürogebäute waren wohl vorher schon nicht so gut..das hat ja gebrannt wie zunder..

[@Southern999Responses]

Nice one 👍 watched the video again cause its so good, of you reply try and remember who I am lol

[@minidriversouthsweden5137]

I’ve not seen one Dennis fire apparatus they’re phased out due to the Swedish Volvo FH Scania P 230’s and the German MAN TGX I think the Dennis is a great apparatus.

[@jaymellor7794]

what better way to save money than to wait for lock down to end before setting the place on fire for the insurance ::D

[@rjrestorationstation4402]

Looks like water supply was a bit of a challenge . What diameter was that red line they were laying in?

[@CDB8939]

It looks around 150mm (6 inch)

[@Scousefire]

Fantastic video Ben, nice one.

[@FirePhotos]

Thanks Andy

[@callumwalker408]

Anyone noticed theres been a spike in major fires recently first the premier in fire in Avon then the mall fire in London then the holiday in fire in walsall then this one and now the massive one in crewe all in different cities across the UK I'm worried when a 10+ job will appear in hull because there's on 7 engines stationed in hull so no doubt my engine will be sent from withernsea

[@minidriversouthsweden5137]

That’s one fine job they’re doing in difficult conditions for the rescue teams and firefighters but they adapt and keep going to get the job done. Well done. I didn’t know that it was that many fire brigades in Manchester nice one and the fiat driver must have felt a little stupid to get the car stuck on the hose ramp in front of all the rescuers and firefighters not to speak of the crowd who was there. Once again brill job hat off to all the crews who do this job on a daily basis.

[@philyew3617]

Mini Driver/south Sweden Just to clarify, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue is one single Brigade. It covers the entire Gtr Manchester Area and, assists other more distant brigades e.g. Cheshire or Lancashire or even further when requested. Just as the Polish Fire Fighters assisted Sweden in fighting the huge forest fires. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is one of the largest Fire and Rescue Services outside London with more than 2,100 members of staff and 41 fire stations. Divided into 10 Divisions Stations 41 Engines 50 Platforms 5 Rescues 4 HAZMAT 2 USAR 1 Wildland 3 Rescue boats 2 We cover an area of approximately 500 square miles and a culturally diverse population of 2.8 million people. But it is just One Brigade. They have a website which is very good if you are interested... www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/

[@minidriversouthsweden5137]

Phil Yew thanks for the information and I know the polish fire brigade was in Sweden and helped us. Once again smashing job they did there.

[@rhacker3058]

Are you sure this isn't the US, 1 guy working, 15 guy's watching

[@milescorp6237]

They need to get a lot more water flowing.

[@jamesevans938]

FDGearhead with large fires like this and if there are not any other structures threatened is to let it burn and be there when the majority of the fire has known our and then put out the rest of the fire because otherwise they would be there for like a week tackling the blaze

[@vwendeler]

Very interesting action beneth the fire!

[@jonathancrone7642]

dont want to be nasty but theres to many cars round the fire fighters are having troubles maneuvering the appliance to get to the fire .theyve got two rehabs platforms

[@Southern999Responses]

What where they doing at the end with the hydraulics

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

I'm a little confused. The fire fighters appear not to be attacking the fire but trying to contain it?

[@simonrose8700]

It was to dangerous the building was collapsing

[@staffsemergresp]

Amazing footage!

[@firecatchesuk]

Awesome video!

[@rainbowofficial7824]

Hello from UK!! Good Video

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

16:00 I always wondered how does the hose layer terminate the end.... they do cut it. Now wonder how they retract it back, use a repair plaster to the cut parts for next time ?

[@steventhompson7461]

Nice catch

[@FirePhotos]

Thanks :)

[@steventhompson7461]

@@FirePhotos I've subscribed. Would like to see more videos like this but also some of in Lancashire

[@erickaegi629]

Wonder how long it took to finally extinguish it.

[@northoltflightwatch]

3:40 legendary

[@FirePhotos]

Sure was some good driving on the TL!

[@LS_Customs.]

I live in duckingfield next tk ashton

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

Rubbish! If you did. You'd know it's Dukinfield!

[@sarahjaneclarke6614]

What is the difference between pyromaniac and arsonist?? Answer in replies

[@Jonesykins]

A Pyromaniac is a person with a mental disorder, specifically an impulse control disorder referred to as Pyromania, which causes them to have an uncontrollable impulse to start fires. An Arsonist is a person who commits the crime of arson.

[@simmer484]

Always a shame to see small businesses going up in smoke

[@jeanmay-millman4124]

Must have been exhausting, 😊👌

[@johngoglia-gh7ql]

No scba..what were they making there

[@dale8466]

I knew you would upload something about this. I was there looking around for someone with a camera but I couldn’t see you 😭

[@FirePhotos]

Yeh I was on scene for about 21 hours was a bit chaotic!

[@dale8466]

OMG. You where there for that long.

[@Perseus7567]

How are you allowed on scene, past the tape? Do you work with the fire service? Great video nonetheless

[@dale8466]

Rixas we where both there. You could either get in if you are a resident or there was a little path (near Asda if you know) which wasn’t closed off. That’s how most people got onto the scene 👍🏻

[@Perseus7567]

There was no scene control then? I mean, normally the second people get into the cordoned area they are kicked out?

[@jameslucas1554]

love this and love the work you do but way to many adverts in this sorry

[@FirePhotos]

Apologies, unfortunately I don’t chosen where the adverts go that’s done by KZbin

[@jameslucas1554]

@@FirePhotos i understand completely love ur guys work its a dream job

[@SMSJSC]

Was this arson? It looks to me like several unconnected buildings all ablaze.

[@thamesvalley999backup2]

Great vid

[@armycadet2091]

What's the place called in Google Earth as I want to see what it would look like on the street view

[@FirePhotos]

goo.gl/maps/KeawNnFzW1jt7hfm9

[@armycadet2091]

Fire Photos TV thanks that helps

[@Mike_5]

Great video but why were they swapping the Simon aerial platform for the Magirus?

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

The TL has a better reach.

[@patsematary]

Once again it seems that 1) nobody predicts the arrival of the ladder 2) it seems that the ladder team does not know where to go nor where to operate due to lack of coordination with the teams already on the spot

[@KG-yn9qi]

So why did they stop protecting the exposure? Now it is burning!

[@TheGraduateApple]

3:26 bonus major truck horn from the ladder unit

[@zoegill4412]

I have seen the Simon snorkel at a fire at Hyde I have a model of one

[@Eddiecurrent2000]

How come they didn't protect the exposure? Was it too dangerous to get close enough?

[@gordonlyons5813]

Probably, yes. The only access roads appeared to be too close to the burning buildings, where the risk of an entire wall collapse was considerable. All they could do was use the master streams and ALPs (Aerial Ladder Platforms) from a safe distance.

[@Eddiecurrent2000]

@@gordonlyons5813 Ah, it makes sense, bit of a shame the other building caught but no point in endangering people for bricks and mortar.

[@EclipzFuzion]

9:33 that will be a good street view

[@johnbratley6926]

Was there any connection with all the Asian business men moving their stock out of those three buildings the day before ? I understand the insurance companies had a flurry of clients based in those buildings topping up their policies.

[@NB-91]

Sounds about rite mate

[@BenchTheKench69]

my first thought!

[@gsmith2000994]

Or was it because it was a listed building and no way to demolish it, curiously there is a development cordon just beside it with no work being done, seen at about 10 mins🤔.

[@krashd]

Or perhaps, as was found to be the cause, someone at Ashton Powder Coatings opened an oven to early and a bunch of dust, heat and oxygen went bang?

[@walterholmes4609]

These guys are fab at moving equipment around. World class. - and don't even mention laying nice, neat lines. Shame about the exposure.

[@jamescreegan-davies339]

I wonder how the building cached fire because it looked abandoned?

[@Mac-pi4cy]

Kids arson about with matches probably...

[@huckleberrymudsplasher1224]

The first building to catch fire was occupied by Ashton Powder Coatings Ltd and they were at work when the fire started. They opened an oven door and - whoosh

[@jamescreegan-davies339]

Huckleberry Mudsplasher and mac 73 thanks for the response it is greatly accomplished

[@stephanielaschke1677]

I remember this i had to evacuate from my house and love with my grandma

[@connoroneill9406]

And what... with who!?!? Haha, I remember a few months ago when a neighbours apartment blew up in flames and the whole block had get out, it was a traffic nightmare

[@converted1000]

Any reason why they reversed some of the apppliaces down the road the (Turntables) Grear Video

[@fireenginefan111]

There appeared to be a need to re position the aerials and backing them into location can sometimes give a more effective reach. The backwards and forwards re positioning that we see is likely due to precious little room to move these appliances around the immediate fire ground.

[@BarnandFred]

Aerials work better over the front or rear as the weight of the vehicle counters the weight of the ladders / booms and water making them more stable. Facing outwards is better if possible, as you can shift it quicker if necessary.

[@andy-tu2rx]

They are more weight on the rear. The older one was from my now retired brothers station at Whitehill

[@princesscharlotteroyalss]

Everyone pulling up like Ay lemme in please

[@beckyneopolitan8945]

2:40 Eh shouldn’t he be pointing it at the flames and not the smoke?

[@DayMatthew968]

He's protecting the exposed side of the neighbouring building, as to limit the amount of buildings destroyed

[@sunshubian]

The little light on the cage of the aerial appliance is cute.

[@roman-liyates2433]

I like firefighters

[@KantoKid1992jh]

i live in the tower blocks near there a the smoke at one point blocked out the big chimney near Portland basin

[@PepsiCubes]

Nice clip but did you just run a marathon?