Senior Fireman Michael Shearing dampens down the smouldering ruins of a Harewood timber factory destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The Fire Service received a call about 3 a.m. that the factory, owned by Peter Stevens, Ltd, in Broughs Road, was on fire.
Four engines and a hoselayer went to the scene, but could not save the 2400 sq m factory. The last engine left the site yesterday afternoon, almost 12 hours after being called.
A Fire Service spokesman said that the blaze was confined to the isolated factory and did not spread to other company buildings. Water from the Johns Road rubbish tip was used to help fight the fire. The company’s general manager, Mr Roy Thomp-
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