Major incident at Southampton’s St Mary’s Stadium as fire crews called to tackle blaze

Fireplace providers have been referred to as to sort out a blaze subsequent door to Southampton’s St Mary’s stadium.

It has been reported by the Daily Echo that enormous plumes of smoke had been noticed from a close-by industrial property.

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Surrounding roads had been closed whereas emergency crews handled the incident subsequent to the River Itchen.

The hearth is located to the south of St Mary’s stadium, with the manufacturing unit that is ablaze positioned on Melbourne Road.

There could have been issues from Southampton followers as they host Preston North Finish within the Championship on Wednesday evening, dwell on talkSPORT 2.

Nevertheless, the fireplace has been shortly introduced beneath management, with a number of emergency providers in attendance.

Day by day Echo reporter Matt Davey says that no less than 5 hearth engines are on the scene, in addition to two ambulances and numerous police vehicles.

Partitions of the manufacturing unit constructing have additionally began to collapse on account of the fireplace.

An announcement from the native hearth service learn: “Crews are presently attending a hearth in Marine Parade Southampton. The preliminary name got here in at 1.05pm.

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“The hearth is affecting industrial models close to St Mary’s soccer stadium. There are presently eight hearth engines, two aerial ladder platforms and different specialist automobiles in attendance.

“Folks within the space are suggested to maintain home windows and doorways closed as a result of quantity of smoke.

“Some roads native to the incident are closed and persons are suggested to keep away from the world to permit actions of emergency automobiles.”

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