Firefighters called to malt factory in Bury St Edmunds after machinery overheats to 320 degrees Celsius

rebekah.chilvers@iliffepublishing.co.uk

Published: 10:01, 24 November 2020

| Updated: 10:07, 24 November 2020

Four crews from Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service were called to a factory in Bury St Edmunds in the early hours of this morning after reports that a machine had overheated.

Firefighters from Bury St Edmunds and Ixworth were sent to the malt factory in Eastern Way at about 3.30am.

A spokesman for the fire service said a gearbox on a dust extractor had overheated to a temperature of approximately 320 degrees Celsius.

Four fire crews were called to a factory after reports that a machine had overheated

He added: "Crews worked to remove the malt from the area and stabilised the temperature of the equipment."

Firefighters left the scene at about 5.05am.

Bury St Edmunds Fire Suffolk Homepage Rebekah Chilvers