Mercedes & Ferrari’s worth £11m saved from blaze by showroom staff

Staff at luxury car company Hemmels in Cardiff managed to “save” £11m of cars, including Ferraris, from a major fire.

Large plumes of black and grey smoke were seen coming from the industrial estate on Wednesday afternoon.

Hemmels is near to where the worst smoke was coming from where there were millions of pounds worth of vehicles inside.

Hemmels marketing manager, Ian Wood said: “All our staff donned masks and ran in to save about £11m worth of cars.

“It’s our body shop next door and leather works and parts, so it’s quite an expensive inventory.”

More than 60 firefighters from across south Wales, using water bowsers, breathing equipment and aerial appliances, have been drafted in to tackle the blaze.

No casualties were reported.

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