At 5:13pm on Tuesday, 4 November, we received reports of a fire at a high-rise building on Wensley Road in Reading.
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Caversham Road, Wokingham Road, Whitley Wood, Theale, Wokingham, Bracknell and Ascot fire stations were sent to the scene, alongside the Aerial Ladder Platform from Whitley Wood Fire Station and three Officers.
Upon arrival, crews found an oven fire in a flat that had been extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system. After two flats were affected by water, firefighters removed the water using aqua vacuums. The scene was then handed over to Reading Borough Council.
Crews were on scene for approximately two hours and 22 minutes.