Firefighters extinguish large vehicle fire

Firefighters have extinguished a large vehicle fire on the A500 in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

We were called at 12pm yesterday (Monday 4 August) to the A500 southbound near Kidsgrove following reports of a HGV trailer well alight.

Three appliances, two water carriers and our aerial ladder platform attended the scene and crews used breathing apparatus and hose reel jets to extinguish the fire.

Thankfully, nobody was reported injured.

The fire was later deemed to have been caused accidentally.