Huge emergency service response spotted in Somerset town
Police, fire and rescue, and paramedics attended the scene
A large emergency services presence was sent to a town in Somerset last night (Sunday, May 2).
Police, fire, ambulance - and air ambulance - services descended on Frome at around 9pm.
It has yet to be confirmed what drew such a large-scale response near the town centre, but the South Western Ambulance Service has been contacted for comment.
Locals on the Frome public Facebook page were baffled by the operation, which happened between 9 and 10pm, and helicopter(s) were thought to have landed at Victoria Park.
The barn fire at Treddinick Farm threatened to set off nearby Ammonium Nitrate. Picture Google Maps SIX homes had to be evacuated after two tonnes of the highly explosive ammonium nitrate were found during a barn fire. Emergency services were called to a barn fire in the small hamlet of Gummow s Shop at around 11.43am this morning. Once there they found the barn at Tredinnick Farm was well alight with the flames fanned by high winds creating a tall plume of smoke. At first nearby residents were warned to stay indoors but after the discovery of the highly volatile chemical people living in six home nearby were ordered to evacuate.
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service has issued an urgent warning over an incident in Gummow s Shop SIX homes had to be evacuated in a small hamlet after two tonnes of the highly explosive ammonium nitrate were found during a barn fire. Residents of Gummow s Shop were warned to keep their doors and windows closed following the fire in a barn on a farm involving hazardous materials. But after the discovery of the highly volatile fertiliser which caused the massive explosion in Beirut last year killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 6,000, it was decided to evacuate. The incident commander told ITV news that because of the volatility of the material, the high winds and smoke plume it was decided to evacuate the six homes nearby.
Ambulance service asks residents to âbe sensible and think 111â this Bank Holiday
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is asking people to âbe sensible and think 111â during the Bank Holiday weekend.
SWASFT says it has dealt with a significant increase in activity since 12th April when the government eased lockdown restrictions to allow outdoor pubs, shops, gyms and hairdressers to reopen.
SWASFT responded to an average of 2,760 emergency incidents a day during the two week period until 25 April, equating to more than 19,300 incidents per week.
This represents an increase of around 8% compared to the number of incidents it dealt with during March 2021, prior to the most recent lockdown changes.
With National Superheroes Day this week, we asked you to nominate your real-life superheroes. Every year on April 28, we don’t just celebrate fictional heroes, but those heroes who don t wear capes. We’re celebrating the people who keep Swindon going. Charlene Walker nominated Jennie and Jason Moss. “They give selflessly and have done so anonymously for a number of years and so have had little to no recognition for the random acts of kindness they have strived to give others, she said. “They have been through so many challenges in life and yet nothing stops them doing what they do. They are just the most genuine kindest souls I’ve ever met.”