This Boxing Day, the Joint Fire Control received a call at 3:32 pm to a fire outbreak in a commercial building in Shoreham. The call led to the deployment of fire engines and additional appliances from both the Shoreham and Worthing areas, along with support from the East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service.
On reaching the site, the firefighters were met with flames emerging from an external ducting system of the building. In a coordinated effort, teams wearing breathing apparatus entered the building to combat the fire from within. Concurrently, other firefighters focused on containing the fire from the outside, a crucial step to prevent it from spreading to the building’s roof.