A self-storage facility destroyed by a major fire in 2022 will now be rebuilt. The building owner Orbit Investments has applied for planning permission 12 months after the fire for a new taller storage facility and an additional warehouse at…
Manchester self-storage warehouse fire impacts hundreds of customers
By Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance The Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue service was called to a large fire, which broke out at a self-storage warehouse in Cheadle. Destroying hundreds of rented units, the blaze once again…
Another huge fire at a self-storage warehouse: why are these buildings unprotected?
A fire that destroyed hundreds of rented units at a three-storey self-storage warehouse in Manchester has once again brought into sharp focus the wider impact of fire and the vulnerability of unsprinklered buildings. About 125 firefighters and 25 fire engines…