Fire engulfs Downton Abbey, Peaky Blinders location.
More than 100 firefighters attend blaze of a 19th century building used by Yorkshire screen industry.
- Published by David Knox
- on
A blazing fire has engulfed an historic mill in West Yorkshire, England,used as a filming location for Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey.
Flames and black smoke could be seen in the air above the 19th century building with more than 100 firefighters attending. There are no reports of any injuries.
Nick Smith, from West Yorkshire fire and rescue service, described dealing with the blaze as “challenging”. He said: “Internally the building has collapsed, the floor and the roof.”
Smith added the incident was being scaled back but firefighters would spend the night damping down the fire.
Richard Knight, from Screen Yorkshire, described the fire as “a sad loss to the Yorkshire film-making landscape”. He told the BBC: “It’s one of those amazing locations that is like a destination in its own right.
“It’s got the kind of provenance and scale that could attract film-makers from far and wide.”
Other productions to have shot there in recent years include BBC dramas The Great Train Robbery, Gunpowder and To Walk Invisible.
Breaking: Firefighters are battling a massive blaze at Dalton Mills, a mill complex used as a filming location for shows 'Peaky Blinders' and ‘Downton Abbey’, in Keighley, West Yorkshire. pic.twitter.com/gfJglryf8D
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) March 3, 2022
Source: The Guardian
- Tagged with Downton Abbey, Peaky Blinders
