by Cara Hunter Liddle
Cauldwell Paper Mill , Inverkeithing is ablaze.
The fire egnited somewhere between 10:30 and 11:30 pm on Friday 25th June.
A spokeswoman from Fire Fire and Rescue services stated: ” At this present time (00:24 26th June) we have little information on the incident. We know that there are currently nine fire engines at the paper mill. We have also sent out an air and ladder unit as well as a decontamination unit.”
The reaction time to the fire has been pro-longed due to closure of the local fire station at Rosyth.
According to the Fire Fire and Rescue website Rosyth station “Rosyth Fire Station is no longer a working Fire Station as from 24th March 2010.”
The Paper Mill was built 1914 and was owned by Inverek Paper Company from 1928 until 2002.
The building has since been derelict, despite restoration plans by Swedish company Klippan.
The Mill closed its gates for the final time late in 2003 with a loss of 150 jobs.
Also there is the difficulty of dealing with any mercury residue which is a by-product in the paper production process. Along with many other chemicals in a plant such as this, the containment team will be expected to be there for some time after the fire has been extinguished. Constant air pollution tests will have to be carried out during the time of the fire to ensure the safety of surrounding homes. This however is unlikely to reach a high level of concern to public safety due to the site being redundant for a long period and the majority of dangerous chemicals being removed on final closure of the mill.
Yip sad day it has all gone passed at 1am and was still burning out of control did not help that every clown with a car blocked the roads around the site to see it blocking the fire service.
so well done all could only say if it was my house on fire would you all park up and block the fire service
the new fire station is two minutes away from the old one get there faster than 2 minutes with the blue lights on!