Photo by K Canard
D&P Textiles warehouse building on Cheapside, which has an asbestos roof, was pretty much destroyed by a ‘suspicious fire’ today. Smoke started pouring out of the building this morning, captured brilliantly in this photo by K Canard. Thankfully, it seems no-one was hurt.
The Cheapside road was closed from just beyond Birchall Street down to Rea Street all day and the entrance to Rea Street from Bradford Street was also closed until late afternoon. It seems the bottom section of Cheapside may remain closed tomorrow.
The fire service were working at the warehouse late into the night. The BBC report states:
The asbestos poses no risk to the public, but water run-off to the River Rea has been blocked, says the fire service. Crews managed to save more than half of the building, but fire severely damaged stock and caused severe structural damage.
Now must admit I didn’t really take much notice of the warehouse until it caught fire today, I just saw a building filled with old clothes when I walked past and wasn’t really sure what they did. Here’s the lowdown from their website:
D & P Textile Company Ltd. are graders of recycled clothing, our main business area is the export of second hand clothing, and additionally the supply of nearly new clothing to retail outlets and market stall holders. We also produce graded cleaning cloths to all sectors of industry. Recycled waste products are supplied to the Textile manufactures.
