Industrial unit fire

Update 6am - Friday 31 May

Crews have been working throughout the night to extinguish a fire in an industrial unit in Parkway, Harlow. 

The fire is out and we were in a position to scale the incident down throughout the night from midnight. 

Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire in sections and used an Aerial Ladder Platform to tackle the fire from above.

We currently have one crew on scene monitoring hotspots. 

An investigation into the cause of the fire will take place later today. 

Group Manager Marc Diggory said: “Thank you to everyone for their patience while we have been dealing with this incident. 

“We’ve had crews working throughout the night to extinguish the fire and prevent it spreading further. I’d like to thank our partners for their help throughout this incident, we’ve been working closely in partnership to help keep people safe.”

Update 10pm

Firefighters have been working to extinguish a fire in an industrial unit in Parkway, Harlow.

Eight crews have been working to surround the fire and prevent it spreading to neighbouring units.

Firefighters have been using an Aerial Ladder Platform to tackle the fire from above and have been using a drone to monitor the scene.

Group Manager Marc Diggory said: “We’re making good progress to extinguish the fire but due to a high number of batteries inside the unit, the scene is producing lots of smoke.

“We expect to be here for several hours and we expect it will remain smoky throughout the night. We'd ask you to continue keeping windows and doors shut throughout the night.”

Firefighters are currently at the scene of a large fire in Parkway, Harlow. 

Eight crews are currently working to extinguish a fire in an industrial unit. 

Please avoid the area and please keep your windows and doors shut if you live nearby.