Two well-known and well-used Ripon locations are awaiting repairs after sustaining damage in last week’s Storm Otto.
At the Workhouse Museum in Allhallowgate, part of a chimney stack was brought down by Friday’s high winds and at the nearby bus station, four perspex panels from the roof of a shelter were dislodged by the gale.
Both locations have been made safe and remain open for museum visitors and the travelling public.
The bus station shelter pictured before firefighters removed the damaged perspex roof panels
Helen Thornton, director of Ripon Museum Trust, told the Stray Ferret:
“Storm Otto damaged a lot of property in the district and part of a chimney stack on the west wing of the main workhouse building came down and made two holes in our roof, which have been covered with tarpaulin to minimise any rainwater damage.”
“We are in close touch with our insurers to get an appropriate and timely repair and, as a listed building, we will ensure that this is carried out sensitively, including re-using as much of the stonework as we can, getting the right chimney pot design and so on.”
The cordoned-off area at the Workhouse Museum
Ms Thornton added:
“We have cordoned off the area below the damaged roof and spoken to the other users of the site. Thankfully, we can remain open as usual to museum visitors, groups and schools.”
Following the damage to the roof panels in the bus station shelter, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue issued a statement saying:
“Ripon crews attended the bus station to make a bus shelter safe for the public. Large pieces of perspex had fallen off the roof. Crews removed all perspex using a ladder and small tools.”
A battery in a pile of scrap metal is believed to be have causes last night’s fire at a specialist Ripon recycling company.
Nobody was injured in the blaze at K. A. Anderson metal recyclers on the Dallamires Lane Industrial Estate.
In its incident log, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service says this morning:
“Two crews from Ripon responded to reports of a fire in a scrap yard involving 2M by 4M of scrap.
“Crews used four breathing apparatus, three forty five mm jets, a thermal imaging camera and lighting, as well as a digger, to extinguish the fire.
“This was believed to be caused by a battery within the scrap pile.”
The fire was spotted shortly before 8pm.
Two Ripon fire crews attended the fire
A member of the K.A Anderson management, who was on the main gate to the premises to give fire crews access to the site, told the Stray Ferret:
“Nobody has been injured, it’s simply a fire that has started in a skip.”
The blaze was quickly brought under control by the fire crews
Thick clouds of dark acrid smoke billowed into the sky over Dallamires Lane, as officers worked to put out the fire.
They quickly had it under control.
K. A Anderson, a specialist in all aspects of metal recycling, is a third generation family-run business, operating for almost half a century,
On the company website, it says that the recycler has built a professional reputation for scrappage, processing and raw metals supply throughout the UK.
The company provides a complete metal recycling service, for many businesses and its major clients include Google and Lord’s Cricket Ground.