A portacabin blaze at the site of Altrincham Football Club’s Moss Lane stadium has been tackled by fire crews.
Manchester Fire crews have since extinguished the blaze.
Crews have extinguished the fire at Altrincham FC and are now dampening down. The fire involved a portacabin under demolition and some wood.
— Manchester Fire (@manchesterfire) May 19, 2014
The road was closed in all directions and fire chiefs advised residents to avoid the area after the fire burned for approximately half an hour.
We’re dealing with a fire involving a portacabin at Altrincham FC. There’s lots of smoke as the cabin contains wood. Please avoid the area.
— Manchester Fire (@manchesterfire) May 19, 2014
SMOKESCREEN: Police cordoned off the area as smoke filled the air (©Trevor_Holt with thanks)
People have taken to social media sites to post pictures of the fire.
Just been past @altrinchamfc doesn’t look good pic.twitter.com/4h9solBOW9
— Trevor Holt (@Trevor_Holt) May 19, 2014
Chris Canning took to Twitter and said: “Altrincham football club on fire… The smokes insane.”
Altrincham football club on fire… The smokes insane
— Chris Canning (@ChrisCanning13) May 19, 2014
Another Twitter user, Altincham HQ, believes the clubhouse is on fire.
Hope @altrinchamfc is ok – tweets and photos of it being on fire – seems to be the clubhouse part #altrincham
— Altrincham HQ (@altrinchamhq) May 19, 2014
Other users thought that the intense smoke was nothing to do with a fire.
I thought the fire at altrincham fc was a joke lol
— dazM33 (@dazM33) May 19, 2014
Images courtesy of Trevor_Holt with thanks
