Post Office depot in York evacuated after emergency incident

[TrueBlueTerrier]

https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/26 ... road-york/



A YORK delivery depot has been evacuated after reports of a fire this morning.

It is understood staff were evacuated from the Post Office Depot in Birch Park Industrial Estate, off Huntington Road, at around 10am this morning (August 11).

A member of the public, who did not want to be named, said that he was visiting to collect a parcel and witnessed the incident.

He said: “I just came to pick up a parcel and when I arrived, everyone had been outside for about 40 minutes and there were two fire engines at the scene.

“We were told that a battery pack had burst into flames in someone’s locker.”


A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service added: "Two fire engines attended reports of a fire believed to be a battery pack on fire in a cupboard.

"The crews located and extinguished the fire. The building had been evacuated prior to fire crews’ arrival."

The Post Office has been contacted for comment.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

its only over a decade since we split and why would the Post Office comment on a Royal mail incident.

[yellowbelly]

its only over a decade since we split and why would the Post Office comment on a Royal mail incident.

Years and years of history Teebs.

Same reason when the olds say 'Morning postie' when it's about half three in the afternoon.

[qwerty2]

its only over a decade since we split and why would the Post Office comment on a Royal mail incident.

Years and years of history Teebs.

Same reason when the olds say 'Morning postie' when it's about half three in the afternoon.

they still think they’re supposed to get their mail by 10am