Fire at Greenfields Primary School South Oxhey

Residents raised questions online after “loads of sirens” were heard heading towards the area this morning (August 19), and firefighters and police were spotted at Greenfields Primary School in Ellesborough Close.

The aftermath of the fire at Greenfields School. (Image: Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue) A spokesperson for Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue has now confirmed they sent three fire engines to the school after they were called at around 6.40am to reports of a fire.

When they arrived alongside officers from Hertfordshire Police, firefighters found smoke coming out of a ground floor corridor. 

The aftermath of the fire at Greenfields School. (Image: Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue)

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It is believed to have started in a freezer in the school's utility storeroom and was extinguished by 7.13am.

The aftermath of the fire at Greenfields School. (Image: Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue) The damage was isolated to the storeroom and did not affect the rest of the school, although firefighters remain there to continue dampening down the scene.

Greenfields Primary School is currently closed for the summer holidays and there were no injuries reported.

Herts Assistant Chief Fire Officer Mark Barber said: “I’d like to thank our crews for their quick and professional response to the fire at a school in Oxhey this morning – their response will have prevented more extensive damage.

“Colleagues in our fire control room dispatched fire engines from Watford and Garston and firefighters were able to put out the fire within minutes.

"Thanks to the prompt actions of our firefighters the fire, which was believed to have been started in a freezer, was contained to a utility storeroom and the rest of the building was unaffected.”