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Fire Crews Attend Chip Shop Blaze In Shanklin

Fire crews are in attendance at a takeaway premises in Shanklin this evening (Friday).

Crews using breathing apparatus are working to extinguish the blaze at AJ’s Takeaway.

Firefighters from Newport and Shanklin are in attendance at the scene on Atherley Road.

Four appliances, along with the Aerial Ladder and Incident Command Unit are present.

UPDATED 19.41:

Crews are using positive air ventilation to clear the building of smoke.

Staff and customers managed to escape the building as the fire took hold.


 

UPDATED 19.50:

The Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed that the fire started within an extractor connected to a fryer.

Staff and customers managed to evacuate the building.

The fire was tackled from the front and the rear of the property, and is now out.

No injuries have been reported and crews are now dampening down.

BREAKING NEWS: Fire at a takeaway in Shanklin. Details here: https://www.iwradio.co.uk/news/isle-of-wight-news/fire-crews-attend-chip-shop-blaze-in-shanklin/

Posted by Isle of Wight Radio on Friday, November 13, 2020

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