On January 19, 2024, a significant fire broke out at the Bridgend Industrial Estate in South Wales, with multiple reports confirming the incident. Eyewitnesses reported hearing explosions and seeing billows of smoke rising from the site. Emergency services, including multiple fire crews and ten appliances, responded promptly to the blaze. Videos and drone footage shared online depicted the shocking scale of the inferno, with one eyewitness claiming an entire building appeared to have been 'taken out'. Residents in the vicinity were advised to keep doors and windows closed and to avoid the area as firefighters tackled the fire.
More drone footage from Adam Preddy looks into the heart of the Bridgend Industrial Estate fire, which is just a sea of flames. Latest here - https://t.co/9Ybh6EFVGo https://t.co/ix80N22169
Watch as a blaze engulfs a unit at an industrial estate in Bridgend One eyewitness told the BBC the fire appeared to have โtaken outโ an entire building https://t.co/8B2JAtqZFU https://t.co/joJ8FJE6rX
Drone footage of the Bridgend Industrial Estate fire - sent from Ricky Elward - it shows a huge area ablaze. Latest here - https://t.co/9Ybh6EFVGo https://t.co/14n65wmRLm
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Crews are in attendance at a building fire on Bridgend Industrial Estate, Bridgend. We are advising persons living in the area to keep doors & windows closed. We are advising people to stay away from the area at this time. ^NR https://t.co/T0zCFtnaEn
Huge fire breaks out at industrial estate in Bridgend in south Wales after explosion https://t.co/t957DKCTIu
๐ฅ #AVOIDTHEAREA Emergency services are responding to a huge fire on Bridgend Industrial Estate. ๐จ Multiple fire crews and ten apliances are on site tackling the blaze. More fire crews are arriving to help. https://t.co/LgoIcthVC4
Another video here from Thomas Littlejohns of the Bridgend Industrial Estate fire in which loud bangs can be heard and sirens - latest here - https://t.co/9Ybh6EFVGo https://t.co/Mq8nqh3S5o
This has been sent to us by John Probert - latest updates on the Bridgend fire here - https://t.co/9Ybh6EFVGo https://t.co/DSvk4YQu1B
This video shows the shocking scale of the fire at Bridgend Industrial Estate on January 19, 2024. Credit: Bradley Rees https://t.co/9Ybh6EFVGo https://t.co/dxW1VKF1ee
Monster inferno rips through industrial site in Bridgend: Emergency services rush to tackle enormous fire https://t.co/yKFAqFsQCs https://t.co/5gSiRlBznt
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Billows of smoke can be seen rising from a blaze at Bridgend Industrial Estate https://t.co/oXlUCYW7bs
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