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11 Fire Engines lost in a fire at National Fire Service College

by JeffHuang | May 16, 2009 at 02:28 pm

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National Fire Service College has lost 11 fire engines worth £1.3m in a fire at Gloucestershire. The engines costs £116,000 each and were store alongside diesel and hydraulic oil.
58 firefighters were sent to the fire with crews from other counties assisting the Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue crew.
No one was hurt and the Fire Service College will carry on business as usual. The cause of the fire is still unknown and an investigation is under way.

The college said the building was severely damaged in the fire, but that the majority of other buildings and training fleet had been saved and that it "would be business as usual for the college."

The Fire Service College has been in the market town for 38 years. It provides specialist courses for emergency workers from the UK and overseas and can accommodate 600 students on the site.