Hounslow shopping centre: 3rd August 2016

Hounslow shopping centre: 3rd August 2016

At 11:42 on Wednesday 3rd August 2016 , a fire broke out in a 5m x5m storeroom at a department store at the Treaty Shopping Centre in Hounslow High Street.

London Fire Brigade mobilised 4 pumping appliances to the incident but on arrival it was noted that one sprinkler head on the wet pipe system had activated within the storeroom and suppressed the fire. 1 hose-reel jet was used by attending crews to extinguish.

Fire damage was limited to the room of origin and less than 5m² damage was recorded.

The shopping centre was occupied by approximately 1700 persons at the time of the fire and all evacuated safely and the store itself suffered four and a half hours business interruption.