According to firemen, the month-long blaze at a former RAF station was probably set on purpose.
Responders were initially summoned to Kettering’s Desborough Airfield shortly before 09:30 GMT on March 20. Now the results of the fire service’s investigation is being considered to establish its cause.
A “significant” quantity of carpet debris and a partially collapsed roof of a hangar hampered operations, according to Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service.
According to a spokeswoman, the scene was secured and given back to its owner on Thursday.
The metal building’s roof has given way, and a large plume of grey smoke is visible in the sky.
During the fire’s peak, six personnel responded to the fire, utilising water jets and an aerial pump to put out the inferno. As late as 17 April, they were still putting out fires and have since begun to cool off hotspots.
According to Neil Sadler, the area manager, there is still smoke emanating from the site, but these “small pockets of fire” are not expected to spread.
“This has been a complex and prolonged incident,” he said. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service has stated the origin of the fire “..with the available evidence, investigators have concluded that the fire was most likely started deliberately.”
A partially blackened structure with fallen or melted corrugated metal panels, smoke billowing from the structure, and no signs of fire. To one side, you can see deciduous trees, while in the foreground, you can see a red and white emergency tape. Carpet debris weighing thousands of tonnes was being stored at the old RAF hangar.
