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25/07/2011
Co Antrim Blaze Shuts Pallet Firm
A firm in the North has been put out of business by a suspicious weekend blaze.
The fire at Topping Pallets, on the Manse Road outside Templepatrick, Co Antrim, started on Sunday night.
The PSNI said it is being treated as suspicious and that a man was spotted running from the scene at about 11.45pm.
The firm supplied pallets to customers all over Ireland and some orders which were destroyed were due to go out on Monday.
A car, forklifts and industrial sawing equipment were also completely destroyed.
Five appliances, including one aerial appliance, were required to deal with the building fire on the Manse Road.
The fire involved the building which contained a large number of wooden pallets and a site, approx 30m x 70m, used as a pallet business.
Firefighters used, three main jets and one jet from the aerial appliance as a water tower, to bring the blaze under control.
(BMcC)
The fire at Topping Pallets, on the Manse Road outside Templepatrick, Co Antrim, started on Sunday night.
The PSNI said it is being treated as suspicious and that a man was spotted running from the scene at about 11.45pm.
The firm supplied pallets to customers all over Ireland and some orders which were destroyed were due to go out on Monday.
A car, forklifts and industrial sawing equipment were also completely destroyed.
Five appliances, including one aerial appliance, were required to deal with the building fire on the Manse Road.
The fire involved the building which contained a large number of wooden pallets and a site, approx 30m x 70m, used as a pallet business.
Firefighters used, three main jets and one jet from the aerial appliance as a water tower, to bring the blaze under control.
(BMcC)
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