Bike shed fire at Middlesbrough’s Rede House tower block

Emergency services attended Rede House on Corporation Road on Saturday (May 16) after a bike shed set on fire behind the building.

Cleveland Fire Brigade sent six vehicles to the scene at 11.06pm, with firefighters extinguishing the blaze at 11.17pm. Nobody was injured during the incident.

A spokesperson said: “We were called at 11.06pm on May 16 to reports of a fire in a bike shed. We had an appliance from Middlesbrough, Grangetown, Thornaby, and two from Stockton.

“Our incident command unit from Hartlepool also attended.

“We had two firefighters using breathing apparatus and had two officers in attendance. The fire was extinguished at 11.17pm.

“There were no casualties and our last appliance left the scene at 12.06am.”

A spokesperson for North East Ambulance Service added: “We were alerted by Cleveland Fire Service just before 11.15pm last night (16 May) to a fire in a high rise block on Corporation Road, Middlesbrough.

“A clinical team leader arrived on scene but when the fire service gave the all-clear for no patients trapped or injured, we were stood down.”