Cannock fire: Massive black plumes of smoke seen 'from 20 miles away' as huge blaze breaks out
A massive fire with smoke seen as far as 20 miles away has erupted at an industrial estate, with the fire services ordering an urgent evacuation this morning. Eyewitnesses claimed there were 'explosions' heard in the moments before the 'very large scale blaze' at the parcel centre in Cannock, Staffordshire - near Birmingham. Those living nearby described a sound like 'a bomb going off' just after 6am. Footage posted on social media shows a ginormous plume of black smoke interspersed with flames spewing into the sky. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service rushed to the scene of the inferno this morning and told nearby residents to shut their windows, with businesses ordered to evacuate. A spokesperson for the service told MailOnline they first received reports of the fire at 6.14am, with 10 fire trucks attending. No one was in the building at the time. The large Cannock Orbital shopping centre has been evacuated, which contains a great number of shops including Sainsbury's, Boots and PureGym. The fire originated at the logistics firm Super Smart Service in the Kingswood Lakeside Employment Park, a distribution warehouse 'which contains a variety of different materials for delivery' - up to 70,000 parcels a day. #Fire #cannock #birmingham
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Cannock fire: Massive black plumes of smoke seen 'from 20 miles away' as huge blaze breaks out
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Well that just undone the pointless efforts for reducing pollution.
Lithium batteries in one of the parcels?
I hope my Amazon Parcel wasnt in there!!
I hope theyve kept that smoke out of the ulez clean zones. 😮
@EternallyDisappointed
22 күн бұрын
@@richardscally694 It's a moronic comment.
@DavidSmith-ze2wi
22 күн бұрын
If they haven't it's gonna cost.
No ordinary parcel hub burns like that, with that ferocity and those acrid black smoke clouds. So what were they really handling?
@johnclark5098
22 күн бұрын
Alien explosives technology to be shared with Israel. Obvious really.
Somebody charged their EV at work.
@mbak7801
20 күн бұрын
Massively more likely to be a diesel Range Rover, also known as Roman Candles. LFP EV batteries cannot catch fire. I will probably have to say that twice. New LFP EV batteries cannot catch fire or explode.
@chrissmith2114
20 күн бұрын
@@mbak7801 From PV magazine ... How safe are lithium iron phosphate batteries? Researchers in the United Kingdom have analyzed lithium-ion battery thermal runaway off-gas and have found that nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) batteries generate larger specific off-gas volumes, while lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries are a greater flammability hazard and show greater toxicity, depending on relative state of charge (SOC).
@Ifitwerks
20 күн бұрын
@@mbak7801 From Wiki They can catch fire if damaged or subjected to extreme conditions, such as high temperatures or physical impact. LFP batteries are more stable and safer than NMC batteries. However, they still have risks for fires, especially in electric vehicles powered by LFP batteries.
@chrissmith2114
20 күн бұрын
@@mbak7801 From 'PV Magazine 10 April 2024. How safe are lithium iron phosphate batteries? Researchers in the United Kingdom ( Sheffield and London Universities ) have analyzed lithium-ion battery thermal runaway off-gas and have found that nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) batteries generate larger specific off-gas volumes, while lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries are a greater flammability hazard and show greater toxicity, depending on relative state of charge (SOC).
@stuartwilliams8663
20 күн бұрын
@@mbak7801Not exactly true is it they still can but not as often, they also hold less energy and have a lower voltage, which means even less range and more weight, yep that's an improvement 🤣🤣
Hmmm,strange parcels
No mention of what is causing all that black smoke. Not a conventional bui fire.
@The_Irish_Volunteer
20 күн бұрын
When they won't tell you it's probably batteries, like they won't tell us the demographic of criminals.
@derekporter7658
20 күн бұрын
@@The_Irish_VolunteerMakes you wonder, doesn't it!
😱 OMG! For a second I thought this was Kuwait burning used tyres.
Something with batteries bet ya
@barbaraaimson2100
22 күн бұрын
Or unwanted fridges people have paid to have taken away safely
It would appear that sombody wasn't that smart at Super Smart. 🤔
Seems to be a lot of these big fires
I know for a fact that Hazmat Storage at Amazon is kept below 5°C but some cheap skate warehouses won't pay for Air Conditioning and temps going to rise to 20°C+ over this weekend any shop storing Aerosols and Paints could be in danger.
Batteries, get hot an explode. , but they will say. No electricity no batteries , just an investigation,
@The_Irish_Volunteer
20 күн бұрын
My thoughts exactly. Can't put it out and toxic fumes??
Are we been attacked by substandard Chinese batteries?
@timbob1627
22 күн бұрын
How would that even be possible, it's a Factory,, not a Warehouse 😮😮😮
@pauloakes5718
22 күн бұрын
@@timbob1627 Heard it was a package redirection warehouse?
@chrissmith2114
22 күн бұрын
@@timbob1627 A parcel distribution warehouse
@ukman9797
22 күн бұрын
Not a battery factory. Parcel company.
@pauloakes5718
21 күн бұрын
@@ukman9797 Yes but how many parcels big and small had batteries in them.Did you hear the explosions?
How's going to pay for their carbon footprint 😮
@mackyjack3929
20 күн бұрын
Ask Putler 🥴
Oops Another distraction What else is going on
Electric delivery vans or trucks on charge?
how........VERY DARE YOU SAY IT WAS EV BKES.... COME ON SADIQ QRI M, WE'RE GOING..
EV battery manufacturers by any chance?
@nineteen8486
22 күн бұрын
Or food manufacturing...........
@ukman9797
22 күн бұрын
Nope neither.
@mbak7801
20 күн бұрын
Nope. LFP EV batteries cannot burn or explode, problems with the older technology is exceedingly rare. Probably stored heating oil, or large diesel fuel tanks for delivery vehicles.
years of us all being told to hold back using energy for cleaner air , oh dear .
Well this is going to be why Royal Mail can't deliver my parcel tomorrow... Yes I know my parcel is currently spending the day in Daventry at the super hub (you know the one that can handle a parcel in 7 minutes,) and that this fire isn't anything to do with them but it'll still be the reason for the delay for the next few months... 😂
The smoke reached Coventry!!
@jamesrobert4106
22 күн бұрын
The residents will think the IDF are attacking.
@waltersobchak1719
22 күн бұрын
How could you tell?😂😂
Insurance job!!!
Why dont these big outfits have sprinklers
@NapojiMolerjo
22 күн бұрын
how do you know they dont have?
@altern8tive
22 күн бұрын
Guidelines are that sprinklers or equivalent fire prevention mechanism _should_ _be_ installed for warehouses larger than 20,000m2. This warehouse is 38,000m2 but that does not guarantee with certainty any appropriate suppression system was installed
@chrissmith2114
22 күн бұрын
Sprinklers are useless where lithium battery fires are involved - a bit like trying to put out an oil well fire with a garden hose.
@senianns9522
20 күн бұрын
@@chrissmith2114 Lithium reacts adversely to water!
@chrissmith2114
20 күн бұрын
@@senianns9522 I know, water getting into a lithium battery can start a fire, and the battery has its own oxygen supply and produces clouds of hydrogen gas. Lithium battery ( whether Li-Ion, LFP or NMC ) burn really, really hot, hot enough to melt steel. I wonder if this warehouse had solar panels and battery storage system....
Lithium batteries again ?
Electric Scooter batteries
When will we ever learn.
i have a feeling its e bike batteries
SMOKIE......'25 YEARS LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE ALICE???? WHO THE FORK IS ALICE.
The arson season has started early
OMG how badly we treat our beautiful planet and pollute it with toxic smoke. It makes one want to weep.
@user-pj8uj7wx3s
22 күн бұрын
This isn't as toxic as Volcanoes - which are quite natural polluters of the planet
@bigturboxr3i
22 күн бұрын
That's just retarded. You just used your computer or phone to write this nonsense!
@retardedidiot1
22 күн бұрын
ah yes, the ancient practice of intentionally lighting buildings on fire to hurt the earth!
@andrewwaller5913
21 күн бұрын
Never heard of forest fires ?
Strange. A day later in poland one of the biggest parcel stations in poland also burned. Same way
The poor atmosphere
Wow, that fire is kicking out more smoke than my old van, and my van failed the MOT because of it.
Very sad
I saw the smoke of this terrible explosion at my school, im from BrownHills
Smoke gets in your eyes.
Why wasn't this reported on any of the tv news channels?
Can't put it out and toxic fumes? Mmm I wonder what was in there?
Better get Greta on the case.
@derekporter7658
20 күн бұрын
HOW DARE YOU!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nice chem trail in the shot
I've seen the smoke
Chinese owned logistics. Prob a large distributor of lithium battery perhaps
@renatomondini3970
20 күн бұрын
it is important to blame the Chinese, the Arabs and why not even the Russians
The smoke go all the way to Lichfield. Mr Fabricant must have been furious, it’s a smokeless zone don’t you know!
More smoke than the geo-engineering does in England but at least it blows away unlike the geo-engineering smoke which people breath in all day everyday
Someone ordered a lithium ion battery probably
ASA, INNAA LILLAAHI, WA INNAA ILLAYHI RAAJI'UUN.
So my Ali-express E scooter will have to be reordered.
What was in there?🤔
Why are there so many references to ‘chem’ trails when they are contrails.
The second one in Cannock in a year.
I wondered where my toaster had got to
And check the chemtrail above the column of smoke.
Does this mean a couple of weeks paid leave for the staff then?
@jameshunter7181
18 күн бұрын
By the looks of it they will be out of a job permanently.
D'OH
Has Russia got as far as cannock now?
@yardgrid
22 күн бұрын
I thought Cannucks were Canadian
@wormwood6424
22 күн бұрын
Like Monmouthshire...🤔
@rickshaw2779
22 күн бұрын
Putin's fault. The Yanks said so.
@andrewwaller5913
21 күн бұрын
Da Comrade 😂
Maybe this is a trial run to see how we all cope when the bombs hit for real now D.Cameron has put us in the firing line.
And you can see the chem trails in the sky lol
More dirty pollution in the air company should be fined
Someones package was fire.
Was this parcel delivery depot Hit by Russian supporters because it delivers parcels to Ukraine? Russia said it would start attacking UK infrastructure.
Sabotaje ??
Chemtrail factory?
Ar the ORCS have STARTED 🤔☝️
@anthonymitchell8893
22 күн бұрын
mien king go fight in uk reign ya silly bollix 😎
@waltersobchak1719
22 күн бұрын
In Cannock?🤷♂️
Well at least the smoke looks like net zero to me, how do you offset the carbon, charge more for deliveries? Are we going to find out it was a new EV delivery van to blame or will the reason be kept secret? These places have fire suppression systems with their own water supply, if it's a battery fire the suppression system makes it much worse and it would look like that.
West Midlands Tesla dealership 😂
Don't show this to Greta.
Munitions factory, no no wait it wasn't, it was hmm hmm fireworks yep just fireworks 😮😮😮
we all get charged for this, carbon tax, this is more than my car puts out if i drove to the fekking moon and back 10x, you wanna see the pollution problem, there it is
REMEMBER YOUR 10 YEAR OLD CAR POLLUTES(JUST SAYYIN)
@DavidJohnson-dc8lu
22 күн бұрын
Remember you new EV probably has destroyed acres and acres of land and used child slave labour just to dig up the Cobalt and Lithium.
@rumpoh8039
22 күн бұрын
@@DavidJohnson-dc8lu I PEDAL A BIKE...
@DavidJohnson-dc8lu
22 күн бұрын
@@rumpoh8039 You scoop a scooper!
Hmm I’ll be looking at the Russian for clues
Greta are angry now 😮😮😮
results of worthless policies
Putin?
@waltersobchak1719
22 күн бұрын
Gorbachev?
Climate Change !!!🤣🤣🤣
A "huge blaze" ? Compared to what? Its only a little fire and some smoke which will dissipate into the atmosphere. No one hurt. The insurance company can cover the loss easy from the ridiculous amounts of cash they remove from our accounts each month. Have some time off, enjoy the weather. Its to be "hot" compared to 1995!
Another arms factory up in arms.. hoooooraaaaa
Russian sabotage?
From Russia with love.
🇷🇺
NIICE HIGH SITE FOR LUXURY HOUSING
If you ever worked there you'd understand why. I lasted less than a couple of hours Then i walked out. It was that bad. Could not have happened to a niver Chinese firm.❤❤❤
I live 5 miles away I hope everyone is okay
@rumpoh8039
22 күн бұрын
I LIVE 400 ILES AWAY AND I COULDN'T CARE LESS
Bravo Ukrainaaaa❤
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