20.05.2022

A crane caught hearth final week whereas travelling on the motorway in northern England.

The incident, on Monday, involved A 3 axle All Terrain crane from the Emsley Crane Lease fleet was nearing junction 26 on the M62 south of Bradford, when A hearth broke out and The driving strain pulled over on to the exhausting shoulder and exited the crane. He was not harm And no-one else was affected, the road was closed for A whereas whereas hearth crews launched the blaze beneath administration.

The assertion from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said:

“Crane hearth on the exhausting shoulder of the M62 between junctions 25 and 26 almost beneath Chain Bar roundabout.

On arrival of The primary hearth engine the crews made this As a lot as 5 hearth engines for water, seven minutes later this was made As a lot as seven hearth engines for provision of water as there was additionally a gasoline hearth Inside the run off from The hearth. Two hose reels, one huge jet and three respiration gear have been used to extinguish The hearth. Fire was out at 17:11.”

Source: https://vertikal.net/en/news/story/39858/another-crane-fire