Fifty firefighters battle major fire involving multiple cars at greenhouse in Ower
Fifty firefighters have responded to a major fire involving multiple cars in a greenhouse.
Fire crews from across Hampshire spent hours battling a blaze at a greenhouse in Romsey Road, Ower in the early hours of this morning (January 2).
Alerted at approximately 10.30pm on Thursday evening (January 1), crews from Totton, Romsey, Eastleigh and Redbridge quickly arrived at the scene and began fighting the fire with hose reels and jets.
Fire engines from St Mary’s, Hightown, Botley, Lyndhurst and Bishop’s Waltham also responded, with specialist vehicles from Beaulieu, Ringwood, Portchester and Alton, as well as the Incident Command Unit, also in attendance.
Fire engines have been strategically moved to stand-by on stations in the surrounding area to ensure sufficient cover is provided.
Crews started returning to their stations just before 4am this morning.