Huge fire declared a 'major incident' with road closures nearby
A major incident has been declared as firefighters battle a large blaze at a recycling warehouse in Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) said it is receiving cross-border support from Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) and anticipates crews will remain at the scene "over the rest of the weekend".
NFRS said the fire involves a "large quantity of plastic".
Merely an impression after a quick web search, but major fires at recycling sites do not seem to be uncommon.
It has been claimed that fires which occur in recycling waste can be caused by batteries mixed in with the waste, but fires need fuel. Huge quantities of paper, card and plastic are huge quantities of fuel.
8 comments:
"Major fires at recycling sites do not seem to be uncommon"
I would agree.
Just shows we should burn the waste properly in power stations.
We used to use the recycling centre at Shoreham. They were so keen on eliminating batteries from other waste they used to rip bags open and check. The staff were all Eastern European, so the process was unnervingly like a scene from a WW2 escape film.
"Halt!!
Vott are you carrying in ze bags?!"
There's a huge recycling/waste plant near Millwall FC's ground...
That went up in flames a few years ago too! Looked a right mess too!
It's just another step down the road until the public are expected to buy everything 'loose' (fruit, cheese, meat) and wrap it in their own paper bags before they take it home.
Dave - yes, a quick search shows how many there have been and those are the headline fires.
dearieme - yes we should.
Sam - "Papers please - and your cards!"
Scrobs - when they go up they do seem to make a messy job of it.
DJ - and it will be sold initially via campaigns where it is presented as cool to bag it yourself.
"Buy everything 'loose' and wrap it in their own paper bags"
Didn't we do something similar many decades ago?
Dave - we certainly did, I remember it well.
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