1980s fire fighters investigate reports of smoke in a warehouse cellar in Newport town centre.
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RichardBakerWales / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
BHT3FRFile size:
56.2 MB (2.5 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5519 x 3559 px | 46.7 x 30.1 cm | 18.4 x 11.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
29 November 1984Location:
Newport, Gwent, south Wales, UKMore information:
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Smoke has been discovered in the basement of a shop in Market Street, Newport town centre, south Wales. We look down into a dark hole where two fire fighters – one of which is a senior officer, with two stripes on his helmet - have gone down a ladder to find the source of the smoke while wearing breathing apparatus (BA) as a precaution. While looking up they discuss the possibilities of a seat of fire elsewhere so they talk to their colleagues who crouch over the open floor of the business who dialled 999 for the fire brigade to attend this incident. It is 1984 and the firemens’ equipment looks dated, during an era when uniform material was not of a high fire-retardant specification and nor were their helmets which went through important design changes.