Police give update following a South Shields tyre fire on Easter Sunday
An investigation into a South Shields tyre fire remains ongoing.
Emergency services were called to the Mitre Place Industrial Estate, in South Shields, at around 4.20pm on Easter Sunday (April 5) following reports of a tyre fire.
Plumes of black smoke could be seen across the Tyne Dock area, with four fire crews from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) sent to the scene to tackle the blaze.
Firefighters used two jets and breathing apparatus to extinguish the fire on Sunday afternoon.
The fire is reportedly broke out in a domestic garage used for affordable storage and according to TWFRS, the industrial yard, a florist and two further storage containers were 100% damaged by the blaze.
It is understood that no one was injured as a result of the incident and police are not treating the fire as “malicious”.
On Tuesday, April 7, Northumbria Police have confirmed that inquires are ongoing and a report will be handed to the Health and Safety Executive.
A spokesperson for the Force said: “Just after 4.20pm on Sunday (April 5), we received a report via Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service of a fire within Mitre Place Industrial Estate in South Shields.
“Emergency services attended and the fire was extinguished a short time later. No one was reported to have been injured in the incident.
“Enquiries into the cause of the fire are ongoing, and it is not being treated as malicious.
“A report will be handed over to the Health and Safety Executive for their consideration.”