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02/07/2013
Firefighters Still Tackling Recycling Plant Fire
Some 60 firefighters are continuing to tackle a blaze at a plastic recycling plant, which began on Sunday night.
Over 100,000 tonnes of plastic recycling material burned for two nights in a fire thought to have been caused by a Chinese lantern.
It is understood that £6m worth of damage has been caused to the recycling site in Dartmouth Road, West Midlands.
CCTV footage is alleged to show a Chinese lantern falling on to the site where the fire began.
It is believed that about 10% of the site is still burning and plant machinery is being used to break up bales of plastic to tackle the ongoing blaze.
(MH/JP)
Over 100,000 tonnes of plastic recycling material burned for two nights in a fire thought to have been caused by a Chinese lantern.
It is understood that £6m worth of damage has been caused to the recycling site in Dartmouth Road, West Midlands.
CCTV footage is alleged to show a Chinese lantern falling on to the site where the fire began.
It is believed that about 10% of the site is still burning and plant machinery is being used to break up bales of plastic to tackle the ongoing blaze.
(MH/JP)
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