Overview
- Emergency crews were called just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday to a commercial unit on Pleck Road at Manor Industrial Estate containing fireworks, stock and wooden pallets.
- Up to 55 firefighters used high‑pressure jets, an aerial ladder platform and water drawn from a nearby canal as fireworks exploded within the building.
- By Friday morning the active fire was suppressed, two engines remained damping down hotspots, and the unit’s roof was reported destroyed.
- West Midlands Fire Service reported no casualties, and partners including police and environmental agencies supported site safety and traffic management.
- Pleck Road reopened late Friday morning after earlier closures and bus diversions, with a structural engineer due on site and a formal fire investigation continuing into next week.