Drone Footage Captures Scale of Leamington Spa Blaze

Drone footage gave a sense of the scale of a blaze that produced dark smoke clouds which loomed over Leamington Spa, England, after a fire broke out on August 27.

Warwickshire Police said they were in attendance at a fire at a premises on Juno Drive, Leamington, on Friday.

Angelika Jacek Pichor’s footage shows the size of the blaze, as well as the huge plumes of dark smoke rising from it.

Local woman Anna Harrington-Ridley told the BBC, “I was stood down there at the end of the road that has been blocked off and you could see the massive plume of smoke, there was fire, explosions, all sorts of things.”

Roads were closed in the area, while Public Health England in the West Midlands region advised nearby residents to stay indoors, and keep doors and windows closed. Credit: Angelika Jacek Pichor via Storyful