Warehouse blaze cost UK Fire Service £296k

[Eldorado]

"Fighting the blaze which ripped through the Ocado warehouse cost the fire service £132,000.

"The fire on 5 February, which burned for four days, completely destroyed the building in Andover, Hampshire.

"A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service revealed response costs were £57,000, with lost or damaged equipment costing £75,000."

 

"A review costing £164,000 to look at the causes and development of the fire was also commissioned and funded by the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority."

Full report at the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-49738355

Want to read the £164k report? PDF: http://democracy.hants.gov.uk/documents/s36357/Report.pdf