UPDATED:FIVE fire crews were called out during the early hours of Saturday morning to tackle a large barn blaze at Antrobus, near Warrington, with firefighters still on the scene on Sunday morning.
Firefighters from Lymm, Warrington, Stockton Heath, Birchwood and Altrincham were mobilised at 2am on Saturday to a well developed barn fire on Nook Lane, Antrobus.
Crews will remain at the scene all today and into Sunday to bring the fire under control.
On arrival they discovered two barns, measuring approximately 60 metres by 20 metres, which were well alight.
Crews used four hose reel jets to help tackle the fire and prevent it spreading to a number of other nearby buildings.
Firefighters also moved bales of hay and farm equipment from the building and isolated the electricity at the site.
After making the site safe the crews also set up two main jets to help fight the fire.
At 7.00am Firefighters from Northwich and Lymm arrived at the site to relieve the crews who have been working overnight.
The crew are currently using a hose reel jet, 45mm jet and a main jet to tackle the fire.
As of 4.30pm Saturday Firefighters from Northwich and Lymm remained in attendance at the scene and are continuing to tackle the fire.
One of the barns is structurally unsafe so crews are allowing the fire to burn in a controlled manner. Firefighters are using one main jet to prevent the fire from spreading, they are also damping down the site.
Update 9.30am -Sunday
Firefighters from Penketh and Birchwood arrived at the scene on Saturday evening and worked throughout the night using a main jet and a 45mm jet to help extinguish the fire and dampen down the site.
One crew from Lymm arrived at the site at 8.30am on Sunday 21 June to relive the crews from Penketh and Birchwood.
Firefighters are continuing to use a 45mm jet to cool the site, they are also liaising with the owner of the barn to plan a safe demolition of the building.
Firefighters left the site at 10.30pm on 21 June after more than 44 hours at the scene.
**On-going Incident** Fire crews from @LymmFS, @WarrFS, @SHeathFS, @BirchwoodFS and Altrincham Fire Station were mobilised at 2am to a well developed barn fire on Nook Lane, Antrobus. Crews will remain on scene today to bring the fire under control 🔥🚒 pic.twitter.com/n7K1vJOxrY
— Lymm Fire Station (@LymmFS) June 20, 2020
