Busy weekend for fire crews
Three crews from Rotherham, Dearne and Edlington stations attended a chimney fire at a house on Bridge Street, Swinton.
They arrived at 9am on Friday, used buckets to tackle the fire from the grate and left at around 9.30am.
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Hide AdAt 9.40pm one crew from Rotherham station attended a house in Wath where part of the roof had blown off a shed.
The team removed the rest of the roof to avoid it blowing off, leaving the Woodland Road home at around 10.10pm.
Mansfield Road firefighters tackled a car fire on Olive Crescent, Swallownest at around 2am on Saturday.
They left the scene around half an hour later — the blaze is thought to have been started deliberately.
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Hide AdTwo engines from Elm Lane attended a fire at the Cepac packaging factory on Meadows Road, Manvers.
They arrived at around 7am on Saturday, spending an hour and a half putting out burning machinery.
A company spokesman said he had no further details on the incident.