Northumberland Foods workers evacuated after fire
Nov 12 2010 by Evening Chronicle
WORKERS were evacuated from a factory in Northumberland after it caught fire.
Twenty-two firefighters and two officers were called to Coquet Enterprise Park, in Amble, after the blaze took hold at Northumberland Foods at 8.45pm last night.
It took crews from Amble, Pegswood and Alnwick two hours to battle the blaze.
The fire was thought to have started in a deep fat fryer, used on the roasting line of the factory. The flames were confined to the food line and no one was injured.
The factory was recently rescued by Tyneside-based Longbenton Foods after the company had gone into administration in August this year and ceased trading two days later.
The Amble site’s new owners re-employed 70 ex-Northumberland Foods staff, with 30 more set to follow, resuming production. It previously employed 250 staff.
