Museum fire

Past

Six crews were initially sent to the incident (three from West Ashland, one from Broughton, one from Newport Pagnell, one from Buckingham), along with an officer.

A further four crews (one from Olney, two from Leighton Buzzard, one from Mereway), an Operational Support Unit (from Broughton) and three officers were deployed.

Firefighters were called to, and extinguished, a fire in a timber-framed single storey commercial unit at Milton Keynes Museum. The fire was located in the rear of the building within the electrical intake.

The electrical intake was contained and monitored by firefighters while the electricity board fully isolated the supply. The electrical supply was then isolated externally by National Grid. Firefighters also isolated the gas supply.

At 7:00am firefighters made steady progress turning over, cutting away and damping down the affected areas. This continued until 10:30am.

Firefighters used:

  • Six sets of breathing apparatus
  • Three hose reel jets
  • Dry powder extinguishers
  • One turntable ladder
  • 10.5 metre ladder used (for roof access and clearance)
  • Thermal imaging camera

Thames Valley Police also attended.

A crew from West Ashland carried out a reinspection of the incident site at 12:50pm and at 4:15pm and found no signs of heat or fire.

Milton Keynes Museum, McConnell Drive, Wolverton

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