Pallet store fire Maidenhead.net - News - Pallet store fire

At around 2 am on Sunday 3rd May 1998 there was a large fire at West Country Storage Ltd, a pallet store in Silco Drive Maidenhead, near the station and adjacent to the railway line. It was suspected arson.

These pictures show the fire blazing over rooftops. Chimneys and flood-lighting poles can be seen to the left. Eight appliances took five hours to extinguish the fire.

Around 14,000 wooden pallets were destroyed.

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