Praise for fire crews after paint blaze

TO the rescue . . . firefighters tackle the blaze

A BUSINESS owner has praised firefighters who stopped a blaze from destroying his workshop.

The fire took hold at an industrial unit in Cheetham Street, Failsworth — and the shocked owner says crews from Hollins and Chadderton fire stations saved the building.

The blaze is thought to have been caused by a faulty electric motor.

The business’s owner said: “The crews were absolutely brilliant.

“We turned the equipment off but could smell something burning.

“We could see smoke but no flames - then it suddenly just went ‘boom’, the whole thing was on fire.

“I just can’t thank the firefighters enough, they did such a good job in those conditions. The whole lot could have gone.”