Warburtons Fire Draws 12 Engines to Burnley Factory

A warburtons fire broke out at the company’s Burnley factory on Glen View Road on 4 May 2026, bringing twelve fire engines to the scene and sending smoke across the town. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service was called to a commercial property fire just before 3pm, and residents who could see or smell smoke were told to keep windows and doors closed.

Glen View Road response

The factory sits in Burnley’s Heasandford industrial area, where smoke from the blaze was visible for miles around. Michael Almond posted footage just before 4pm showing smoke billowing across Burnley, adding to the evidence that the fire had grown large enough to be seen well beyond the immediate site.

David Fishwick, the Burnley businessman known as the Bank of Dave, said he spotted the fire while flying overhead. He wrote on X: “I'm flying over Burnley, & the Warburtons factory & trucks are on Fire! The fire engines have just arrived! Let me know if you need anybody airlifted to the hospital! @LancsPolice & @LancashireFRS my helicopter can carry 5 & I'm available to help immediately!Hope everyone is…”

Lancashire crews on scene

Fire crews from across Lancashire were called at 14:45 to a commercial property fire on Billington Road in Burnley, according to the timeline provided. By the time Fishwick posted, the response had already included the twelve engines reported at the scene, showing the scale of the deployment in a short window.

The practical advice for people nearby was straightforward: if they could see or smell smoke, they were told to keep their windows and doors shut. For residents in Burnley, that was the immediate change brought by the fire — a visible industrial blaze, a large emergency response, and a smoke plume that reached far beyond the factory itself.