Firefighters don backpacks to tackle blaze near Festival Park

Dave Knapper

20 November 2024 at 8:26 am·1-min read

Firefighters donned backpacks to extinguish a blaze off a new multi-million pound link road. Two fire engines were seen off Etruria Valley Link Road, near Festival Park, on Monday afternoon.

Now Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed crews were tackling a blaze on wasteland. But due to the location crews wore backpacks to tackle the fire.

The alarm had been raised at around 3.55pm on Monday.

A spokesman said: "We were called to Iron Place, in Etruria, following reports of a small fire in a wasteland. Firefighters used backpacks to extinguish the fire. They are often used to spray water onto fires that are situated in difficult terrain and out of reach of fire engines. No-one was in the area at the time and no-one was reported injured."

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