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Paragon has suffered a serious fire at its South Wigston site in Leicester
Formerly the Customer Communications division of Paragon Group and now named Paragon, the company has suffered a serious fire at its site in Leicester.
Starting around 9.30am yesterday (June 15th), the fire has affected Paragon’s inbound mail site on Saffron Road, South Wigston in Leicester.
Having been called around 9.45am, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service put out a series of tweets as the event unfolded asking people who live nearby to close windows and doors and avoid the area due to heavy smoke.
Speaking to Print Monthly, Jim Hartshorne, chief executive officer of Paragon UK, Ireland and Luxembourg, says: “We are working with the authorities to deal with a fire at our South Wigston (Leicester) facility, which was detected at around 0930 yesterday morning (Thursday 15 June 2023).
“All our employees were safely evacuated from the facility and there have been no reported injuries. As per our incident response plan, we have been in communication with all clients that we provide services to from this facility, and we have initiated our business continuity plan to manage the impact. We are also updating our people to keep them informed on the situation.”
Saffron Road on which the Paragon site is located was closed whilst fire services tackled the blaze.
A total of 11 fire engines from stations across Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire were in attendance as well as two aerial ladder platforms and a water carrier.
Speaking from the scene yesterday, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service station manager Nick Stanborough, said: “We are still at the scene of the fire in South Wigston. Crews are working incredibly hard in difficult conditions to bring the fire under control as quickly as possible.”
Due to the efforts of the local services, the fire was scaled down to five appliances and one high reach appliance with a hose made up.
With fire fighters remaining at the premises throughout the night, the fire was brought under control and it has been contained within the Paragon site.
A provider of transformational business services, Paragon goes to market through seven key business lines operating across four key regions: the UK, Ireland and Luxembourg; Belgium and the Netherlands; DACHE and CCE; and Western Europe.
Paragon Group has a total of 17 sites across the company with the South Wigston site having been under the brand since 2019 when it acquired the European Global Document Solutions business belonging to RR Donnelley.
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