Around 04:25 Fire Control received multiple calls to a building on fire and mobilised 3 fire engines to the scene.
Multi-occupancy commercial premises approx. 50m x 20m
2nd floor 100% involved and ground floor 50% involved.
On arrival, initial crews requested 5 fire engines and 1 aerial appliance - this also triggered supporting resources and officers.
Shortly afterwards, they requested a further fire engine and aerial appliance.
Incident commanders sectorised the incident into 4 sectors to provide a spread of resources and effective span of control.