Burnham-On-Sea firefighters were still at the scene of a fire in a Highbridge storage silo on Thursday morning (April 24th).
Fire crews were called on Wednesday afternoon to Woodberry Bros and Haines after smoke was seen emerging from the tall structure, leading to the evacuation of some staff.
Fire vehicles from Burnham, Bridgwater, Yeovil, Weston and Street were sent to the scene at 2.47pm.
Our photos show the crews tackling the fire in the sawdust storage silo, which was approximately 60 feet high.
“The cause of this fire was a dust explosion within the silo,” explained a fire spokesman.
“There was 60 per cent fire, smoke, heat and water damage to sawdust in the silo plus 40 per cent fire and heat damage to the silo itself.”
Two fire engines from Burnham-On-Sea were still at the scene on Thursday morning (April 23rd) as the fire continued.
