Parham Airfield
 

Reports coming in of a large fire at Parham Airfield in Suffolk.

There are usually some quite big haystacks there so could be a big one.

First reports talk about "a single-story building" being on fire at the airfield.

Hope they don't store NITRAM there!

What is NITRAM?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php...am&redirect=no ??

Parham is in SUSSEX!!!

Maybe so but fire is near the one in Suffolk. On bbc website as well.

Dead ended redirect.

Which is precisely why I asked. What is NITRAM?

BBC fire video
 

BBC video of fire. It looks an old building. Lets hope the roof wasn't asbestos.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-53765811

It's actually Framlingham disused airfield which appears to be used for industrial purposes and part solar farm nowadays not aviation; Parham is a gliding field in West Sussex with one low building, a hangar.

Nitram - ammonium nitrate fertiliser not particularly dangerous unless you set fire to it

5 years ago Parham/Framlingham was used for a little bit of GA. I know because I discussed with the owners basing my a/c there. Not noticed much aerial activity there of late. There are 2 excellent museums in the old tower.

The fire at Parham Airfield in Suffolk (home of the Parham Airfield Museum) is out. 13 appliances attended! Control Tower appears undamaged from drone footage.

Its also in Suffolk!

Ah thanks. The same stuff that "livened things up" in Beirut, recently, I think?

Nice to see there are some farmers on here!

It's not that easy to set fire to it, but if stored near a large heat source, ie a building fire next door, it is an oxidiser and will become liquid. At this point it and its associated gasses escape and enter such structures as drains and this is when it is lethal. In liquid form in confined spaces it is very explosive - see Beirut. Dust is another problem as this can create static to combust it. Stored properly it's safe, but I wouldnt want it stored in my shed for much more than a year at a time, and I'd be sure to make sure fire is kept away from it.

Thread drift: I haven't looked up KNO3 data, but wonder if there was something mixed for the oxygen to oxidize in Beirut.