Article: Inquiry into fire at seafood factory ; Investigations are underway after a fire broke out at Young's Seafood factory on Grimsby Docks yesterday.

Investigations are underway after a fire broke out at Young's Seafood factory on Grimsby Docks yesterday.

Around 40 firefighters tackled the blaze to the factory on Wickham Road after receiving a call at 7.07am.

All 70 staff in the building were evacuated safely and the fire, which involved an industrial fryer, was soon extinguished.

Damage was caused to equipment on the fish cake frying line, but the packing hall at the site was unaffected and was back up and running by 10.30am.

Normal operations are expected to resume by Monday.

Glenn Ramsden, a spokesman for Humberside Fire and Rescue said: "We managed to get into the building to extinguish the fire but it ...

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