Crews tackle fire at Tollbar Way retail unit

Crews from Hightown and St Mary’s were called to an incident at a Tollbar Way retail unit, in Hedge End at 11:37 this morning.

Our response included five fire engines and St Mary’s aerial ladder platform. The retail unit and attached unit was efficiently evacuated by retail staff as a safety precaution.

The fire was quickly contained to the units sustainable energy store, which is used to heat hot water to the retail unit. The public facing part of the unit was unaffected by fire. The incident was scaled down to two crews from Hightown Fire Station.

Crews used one hose reel jet and one main jet to control the fire.

The Incident Commander would like to praise all the retail staff involved for their swift actions with evacuating the units and for their continued cooperation.