Crew extinguish fire at recycling centre
Crews extinguished a fire at a recycling centre in Rochford.
We were called to Brickfields Way yesterday (4 January) at 9.18pm and crews from Leigh, Rayleigh Weir and Southend (two) attended.
Waste in a large warehouse was alight and crews quickly extinguished the fire on the surface.
They then worked with on-site staff, who used an excavator and a bulldozer, to move and turn over the material to make sure it was fully extinguished.
Crews left the scene shortly after midnight.
Station Manager Howard Midwood said: "I'd like to praise site staff for taking swift action when they noticed the fire and our crews for their response.
"They stopped the fire from spreading to the entire warehouse; in the end only 3 or 4% of the waste was affected."
The cause has been recorded as accidental.
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