STORY: Oldham bakery fire – police in attendance

Fire crews tackled a blaze at a Park Cake Bakeries in Oldham, near Manchester, on Tuesday of this week (21st January).

Five engines were called to Ashton Road, just after 5am in the morning. The blaze involved pallets and other materials in a storage area on the ground floor of the building.

Staff were evacuated from the building and everyone was accounted for. Greater Manchester Police and fire crews remained at the scene through the day to investigate the possible cause.

A Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service statement read: “Just after 5am today, Tuesday, January 21, Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service (GMFRS) was called to reports of a fire at a bakery on Ashton Road at the junction of the A6104 Hathershaw Lane in Oldham.

“Five fire engines from Blackley, Littleborough, Oldham, Hollins and Chadderton stations were quickly on the scene and firefighters soon established the blaze involved pallets and other materials in a ground floor storage area.”