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Operation Fresco

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Photographs from Op Fresco

Click here for photographs from 28-30 January

Click here for photographs from 22-30 November

Click here for photographs from 13-15 November

Pictures from 1-3 February:
Soldiers and RAF firefighters tackled a large fire in a Birmingham mattress factory on the night of 1 February (Click here for high resolution version)	Two Red Goddesses, three Green Goddesses, four BARTs and two aerial water towers fought the fire for over two hours (Click here for high resolution version)	One on the aerial water towers in action - military crews have now been trained to operate fifteen of these (Click here for high resolution version)
	A Breathing Apparatus team from the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment leaves the factory having attacked the seat of the fire (Click here for high resolution version)
The night of 1 February also saw a huge stack of hay catch fire in Gateshead near the A1 (Click here for high resolution version)	One Red and four Green Goddesses manned by 4 Regiment Royal Artillery fought the fire for several hours (Click here for high resolution version)	Soldiers drag burning hay away, as the fire is brought under control (Click here for high resolution version)