PN57AOT from Horwich arrived for 30+ food packs for the Turton incident.
PM164 from Burnley was at the R.V. point.
T133BCK from Haslingden.
W138BRN from Clitheroe.
T132BCK and Y541XEO arrived together from Colne.
The rain finally arrived on Thursday evening, but not enough to dampen a number of sheltered hot-spots. Nonetheless, it was possible to reduce the number of pumps in attendance and the end was possibly in sight. But despite all of this, Day 8 remained as unpredicatable and indeed as busy for us [possibly busier]. This was the day that we actually dealt with 3 incidents. It was my turn to go back on the SACU and so I duly arrived with the 'A' Unit from Whitefield all restocked. I had two excellent assistants for what turned out to be a long six and a half hours for them and just over seven hours for me.
As usual, on our arrival we made
food packs to go out to the fireground, but slightly less than we had been
doing on the previous days as there were only 8 pumps plus specials and
support pumps in attendance, down from 12+. However, about 4 miles
away, Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service were dealing with another
moorland fire at Turton which had burned overnight. They had
7 pumps in attendance and it was agreed that we would make food packs for
that incident as well ready for collection. Because we were
so busy, there was very little opportunity to take photographs although
I managed one or two for the record.
PN57AOT from Horwich arrived for 30+ food packs for the Turton incident.
PM164 from Burnley was at the R.V. point.
T133BCK from Haslingden.
W138BRN from Clitheroe.
T132BCK and Y541XEO arrived together from Colne.
It's strange how things work
out. We were expecting a further 8 relief pumps at 1600 and
therefore would have needed to make another 40+ food packs for them to
take up on the moors. It was most fortuitous that the 1600 relief
was for 3 pumps only, as there was a serious fire developing in the Halliwell
area of Bolton, again not too far from where we were based and large volumes
of black smoke were clearly visible. Since we only had to provide
15 food packs, we were able to re-direct from the Crookfield Road Car Park,
to Halliwell Road, Bolton, where the fire was in a multiple occupancy.
Including support pumps, there were 11 pumps in attendance from all over
Greater Manchester, as most of the local pumps were involved at the Turton
incident. In addition there were 2 Hydraulic Platforms and
the Operational Support Unit. I could only manage
a few photographs because we were very busy on the SACU and also because
of the cordon it was hard to identify many of the pumps. Again
I was grateful for the use of the telephoto lens.
HPV PN05UVJ was close by where we set up the van. The HPV from Leigh can be seen in the background.
The cage of MV04AWX from Leigh.
MV04AWX could be seen hard at work on Halliwell Road. It wasn't possible to identify the appliance in the foreground.
Also on Halliwell Road was PN08UWW from Manchester Central.
PO11AVC had been on the run for about 3 hurs went it attended this incident.
Some telephoto shots of the rear of the premises.