Five teens arrested over £2m Hotpoint HQ blaze that destroyed 48 trailers
Whirlpool told The Sun Online about 30 HGV trailers containing spare parts were involved in the fire.'PLUME OF BLACK SMOKE'
One person took to Twitter after seeing the blaze break out, writing: "Driving through #Peterborough hear a loud bang and now to a field as it’s so smoky. Anyone know what’s going on."A third witness wrote: "Massive fire in Peterborough - could hear the bangs as if there’s explosions.": "It’s big incident at Hotpoint warehouse, Shrewsbury Avenue in Peterborough.
A Whirlpool spokesman said: “Most importantly, we can confirm that nobody has been injured in this incident and none of the buildings on our site have been affected. “A fire broke out at approximately 6.45pm today in an area of our Peterborough headquarters where heavy goods vehicle trailers are parked.“The fire is now under control and investigations by the police into the cause are ongoing.“We would like to offer our most sincere thanks to the emergency services for all their assistance in tackling this incident.
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