Dangerous Birmingham city centre building gets West Midlands Fire Service aid

A dangerous building in Birmingham city centre received aid from West Midlands Fire Service on Saturday (July 15).

Fire service crews from Ladywood and Highgate ensured that the building on New Street is safe after a large glass pane on the fifth floor became unstable, said West Midlands Fire Service

The building is 102 New Street where Superdrug and Bella Italia are located on New Street. It’s The Charters building - a nine storey office building comprising eight floors of office accommodation above ground floor retail units.

West Midlands Fire Service said: “Shortly after 8.00pm on Saturday 15 July, we attended an incident on New Street, Birmingham City Centre, close to the Bella Italia restaurant. A 4x4 brigade support vehicle from Ladywood and a hydraulic aerial platform from Highgate fire station attended.

A large pane of glass on the fifth floor of a nine-storey commercial building had broken and became unstable. A 30 metre corden was established for public safety. Crews used a number of small tools to remove the unstable glass. The incident was left with the building’s maintenance team and we left the scene shortly before 10.45pm.”