A HUGE fire in Milnsbridge forced residents to evacuate their homes last night.
Fire crews remain at the scene of the fire at Taylor Valves in Dowker Street this morning.
The picture above was taken by Milnsbridge resident Katie Green.
At the height of the blaze more than 40 firefighters were at the scene.
Arsonists are being blamed for the fire which threatened to spread to neighbouring homes and shops in Market Street and Armitage Road.
Watch commander Andy Blackburn from Huddersfield fire station said streets had to be closed and utility companies called out to isolate power supplies due to the severity of the blaze which destroyed more than 30 per cent of a single storey building.
Crews from Huddersfield, Elland, Brighouse and Slaithwaite fought the fire throughout the night after they were called to the scene by residents shortly after 8.30pm.
See Page 2 for a gallery of reader images of the blaze
The fire services aerial ladder also had to be used after the fire started shooting through the roof of the property.
Watch commander Blackburn said: “It was a big fire and the heat was intense. There were around 100 people out on the streets watching. You could see smoke plumes from Longroyd Bridge such was the intensity."
To see what the factory looks like this morning, click onto Page 3
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