The scene of the fire at a car dismantler’s in Garvagh on Tuesday.. PIC BY TOMMY OLIVER
FIREFIGHTERS say up to 600 vehicles were damaged during a large fire at a car dismantlers’ yard in Co Derry yesterday.
Huge plumes of smoke billowed from the site at Belraugh Road, Garvagh as flames engulfed the yard.
The blaze was reported to the Fire and Rescue Service just after 2 pm on Tuesday.
Six fire engines from Coleraine, Dungiven, Maghera, Ballymoney and Limavady attended the scene.
The NIFRS said its fire emergency support service vehicle was also deployed, along with a command support unit from Kilrea and water tanker from Pomeroy.
Alan O’Neill from the NIFRS said the fire had been brought under control by Tuesday evening.
“When we arrived there was quite a significant amount of vehicles involved and we increased our fire appliances to six at the scene.
“We had been there from shortly after twenty past two and we were there for the next couple of hours into the early evening.”
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