{"id":117462,"date":"2025-05-20T16:09:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/117462\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T16:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:09:16","slug":"birmingham-trading-estate-blaze-as-20-firefighters-rush-to-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/117462\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham trading estate blaze as 20 firefighters rush to scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four fire engines and a 4&#215;4 brigade response vehicle were called to the Atlas Trading Estate, on Colebrook Road, in Tyseley, just before midday today<\/p>\n<p>15:17, 20 May 2025Updated 15:25, 20 May 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_atlas1JPG.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A general view of the Atlas Trading Estate, on Colebrook Road, in Tyseley(Image: Google)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Twenty firefighters rushed to a blaze on a Birmingham trading estate today (Tuesday, May 20).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Four fire engines and a 4&#215;4 brigade response vehicle were called to the Atlas Trading Estate, on Colebrook Road, in Tyseley, just before midday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The fire in a unit initially spread to the external walls of several nearby units. It also affected vehicle parts and other metal works in a unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-new-street-station-stabbing-31682298\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham New Street station stabbing amid &#8216;reports of violent disorder involving teens&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-bin-strike-collections-cut-31680146\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham bin strike collections cut off again as council gives &#8216;very few&#8217; update<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/sisters-tribute-biker-brother-smile-31681423\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Sister&#8217;s tribute to biker brother with &#8216;smile that could fix anything&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It was later extinguished by attending firefighters. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The fire service posted on X: &#8220;Five crews &#8211; around 20 firefighters &#8211; are tackling a fire in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Greet?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">#Greet<\/a> area of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Birmingham?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">#Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We were called shortly before 12 noon to a site on the Atlas Trading Estate in Colebrook Road.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A fire spokesman told BirminghamLive: &#8220;Shortly before 11.55am on Tuesday (May 20), we responded to Colebrook Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Four fire engines and a 4&#215;4 brigade response vehicle from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/billesley-and-hall-green\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Billesley<\/a>, Aldridge, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/erdington\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Erdington<\/a>, West Bromwich and Haden Cross stations responded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;This was a fire in a unit at a trading estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The fire initially spread to the external walls of several nearby units, before being extinguished by attending firefighters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Drone operations have supported firefighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Identified hotspots are being cooled by two remaining crews.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesman added: \u201cThis fire affected vehicle parts and other metal works in a unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;There was no internal fire spread, but fire did spread to several nearby units, affecting guttering, fascia, a doorframe and a roller shutter door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The fire is believed to have been started accidentally. A full check of all units has been carried out using thermal imaging cameras, ensuring no hotspots remained. We left this incident shortly after 2.45pm.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four fire engines and a 4&#215;4 brigade response vehicle were called to the Atlas Trading Estate, on Colebrook&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,48737,11849,16,15,13284],"class_list":{"0":"post-117462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-sparkhill","13":"tag-tyseley","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-west-midlands-fire-service"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114541033110942914","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}