Leicestershire Live reports that the fire broke out shortly before 11am today (Friday November 12). Eyewitnesses at the scene said the incident was on the Walkers site in Leycroft Road.The alarm was raised when workers at the site reported that the building was "filling with smoke".A spokesperson for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said that the emergency call was received from the premises at 10.43am.They said: "We received a call from the site stating that the factory filling with smoke, with the roof possibly on fire."Smoke was seen billowing from the roof of the building.According to the BBC, firefighters managed to contain the blaze from the industrial oven and left to cool by integrated cooling system, monitored by the.
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