Freckenham Road fire engulfs Rosewood Stud workshops with appliances from Burwell, Newmarket and Mildenhall in attendance

craig.bradshaw@iliffepublishing.co.uk

Published: 11:37, 08 September 2021

| Updated: 16:49, 08 September 2021

Seven fire crews have been tackling a blaze which took hold this morning in a workshop at a stud farm on Freckenham Road, near Chippenham.

The fire service initially mobilised six appliances from Newmarket, Burwell, Soham and Mildenhall at around 9.30am after a fire broke out at Rosewood Stud.

Crews were still battling the fire three hours later, with a further appliance deployed from Cottenham around midday.

The fire took hold on the worskhop area of Rosewood Stud.

Structural damage to the workshop has been sustained with the roof having partially collapsed on one building.

Rosewood Stud, is a fully operational stud farm with associated buildings set in 72 acres of land and is owned by the Murfet family.

Company director Wayne Murfet declined to comment on the incident.

Fire Newmarket Suffolk Homepage Craig Bradshaw