The aftermath of the fire which broke out at a County Durham wholesaler and required multiple emergency vehicles to attend the scene has been revealed.
Metal sheets at the rear of the George Bolam Foods site have been left damaged after a fire on Wednesday (November 9).
The rear of the building was left blackened and charred after the fire yesterday, which saw ambulance and fire crews called to the facility.
The store, on Salters Lane, remained closed today after the incident with very few cars being visible in the car park and the entrance shutters down.
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Meanwhile, a worker at the nearby Sainsbury's petrol station said no one in the store, which sits closely to the site, knows what caused the fire.
Yesterday, onlookers watched on as fire engines and ambulances arrived on the scene to deal with the blaze.
Meanwhile, passersby captured images of growing fires and billowing black smoke to the rear of the site.
In a statement yesterday, a County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDRS) spokesperson confirmed firefighters were able to get the blaze under control.
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They said: "Reports of a fire at a Bolam Food on Salters Lane in Sedgefield, came into CDDFRS control just after 3:30pm this afternoon.
"Five appliances from Newton Aycliffe, Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland, Darlington and Peterlee were in attendance.
"To extinguish the fire, they deployed six firefighters in breathing apparatus. Fire crews left the scene at 8:30pm.”
Adding to this, the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) also attended the scene, and a spokesperson confirmed no one had been treated for injuries relating to the incident.
Yesterday, a spokeswoman from the North East Ambulance Service, said: “We received a call to 999 at 15:56 to reports of a fire at George Bolam Food Limited on Salters Lane in Sedgefield.
"We sent four Hazardous Area Response Teams and a clinical team leader to support fire colleagues. No one required treatment and all of our teams stood down at the scene.”
Here are some of the pictures showing the damage:
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