By George Lythgoe
A WAREHOUSE destroyed by a huge fire three years ago could soon be rebuilt.
Hundreds of firefighters were called to Holland Street in Denton, Tameside, on February 21, 2021 to tackle an enormous fire.
At the time, Greater Manchester Police declared the blaze a ‘major incident’, with homes evacuated and people in the area being told to keep windows and doors closed.
The M67, which runs beside the site, was closed in both directions due to the thick, black smoke that was plumed from the fire.
Once the warehouse fire was extinguished, the rest of the building was left ravaged by the blaze and will now have to be demolished, according to the applicant. Now, three years on, proposals have come forward to fully rebuild the Self Storage Tameside unit.
The plans would see what is left of the current building demolished and replace it with a five-storey warehouse containing storage units. The company has a number of units across the borough, and this would boost the business which offers storage space for punters.
Planning papers read: “The site unfortunately suffered a very serious fire at the site in February 2021 which has resulted in the loss of one of his large warehouse storage buildings. This building was relatively new in appearance and construction terms in relation to the others on the site, and it has significantly impacted upon and affected the operation of his business.
“The site currently employs 10 staff and it is anticipated that another 3-full-time equivalent jobs will be created should the planning application be successful.”
The plans will need to be approved by the planning team at Tameside Council before any construction work could start.
This was an insurance job and yet they got a 1.5 million £ payout. And how can I say that ?
Well I put my eBay stock there as thought it was safer then my apartment with roof issues. When I first signed up for some storage they had disposable gloves over the smoke detectors?
Why the insurance company haven’t figured out this is an insurance job is beyond me. I believe they operated for 20 years without something like this happening and yet it sets on fire on a Sunday evening during the pandemic when they would of saw a big loss of revenue on storage units.
And when I got my stuff back it seems they stole some of it and avoided me pressing further that there was no need to check the CCTV footage.
Also how do I know they got a 1.5 million pound payout because I know someone who works on business insurance claims and they gave me a ✉️/ contact and said I’d most likely get compensated despite not having insurance.
Also I should add
They had a new fire system installed not long before it happened and how do I also know this ? My old landlord who is dodgy and got banned from operating for defrauding elderly people out of their houses but got it over turned by high court one of the staff in the agency told me and laughed and all this is just Tameside for you it’s corrupt. The council / police and you got BBC praising one women during pandemic on national news about their heroic work during pandemic yet they own properties that this landlord rents out that are in bad disrepair.
They even call the local hospital shameside hospital.