Fire at the Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre

Date published: 09 January 2018


A fire in the entrance of the Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre on Monday (8 January) was caused by an electric motor powering a roller shutter door on a ground floor store.

Three fire engines from Rochdale and Heywood attended and firefighters used a hearth kit and a thermal imaging camera to tackle the fire.

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