Overview
- West Midlands Fire Service said five engines and two hydraulic platforms remain at the Blakenhall factory on Thursday after a peak deployment of 21 engines and about 80 firefighters on Wednesday.
- The blaze began shortly after 7:30am on Wednesday at a large industrial unit on Sunbeam Street near Upper Villiers Street, sending smoke visible for miles.
- Authorities maintained cordons and road closures, with Upper Villiers Street still shut between Goldthorn Hill and Marston Road as disruption continues.
- Residents were urged to keep windows and doors closed due to smoke, an evacuation point was set on Bromley Street, and St Luke’s Primary School sent pupils home.
- Ambulance hazardous-area teams attended but reported no patients, and the fire service said good progress had been made with no casualties recorded.