Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Wednesday, 31st July 2024, at 08:00hrs
A large fire is causing travel delays this morning coming out of Preston.
Firefighters were called around 6am this morning to a farmbuilding fire just off Potters Lane on Preston New Road.
The A59 is backed up to Tickled Trout with the road down to one lane heading towards Blackburn whilst emergency services respond to this incident.
Approximately ten fire engines and several aerial platform appliances along with incident command vehicles from various stations across Lancashire are currently at the scene tackling the blaze.
Large plumes of black smoke could be seen across the skies this morning, the smoke has now dampened down.
In a post this morning, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said,
“We currently have 10 fire engines at reports of a building fire on Preston New Road, Samlesbury.
If you can see or smell smoke, please keep your windows and doors closed.
Please avoid the area.
At 05:54 on the 31st July 2024, ten fire engines from Preston, Bamber Bridge, Blackburn, Leyland, Chorley, Darwen, Nelson and Penwortham and the aerial ladder platforms from Preston and Hyndburn along with other specialist units attended a commercial building fire on Preston New Road, Samlesbury.
Our drone team are also attending this incident. Please do not fly drones as you will obstruct emergency operations.
In a post Lancashire Police said,
The A59 lane 1 East Bound is currently closed along with the M6 J31 Slip Road. These are closed due to a nearby fire and we anticipate for them to be closed for some time.
Please avoid the area and use alternative routes. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
Update: Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service said in an update,
“The incident will be reduced to six fire engines and two aerial ladder platforms. Crews are expected to remain in attendance throughout today monitoring and extinguishing the fire.
Road closures remain in place and we are working closely with partner agencies to minimise the disruption to the local community. We would like to thank everyone for their support and patience with this on-going incident.
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