Firefighters are advising recycling plants on how to store rubbish to prevent fires. It comes just two weeks after the biggest fire the West Midlands has ever seen. A Chinese lantern landed on thousands of tonnes of rubbish at a centre in Smethwick.
Two weeks on from the biggest fire the West Midlands has ever seen, firefighters are advising recycling plants on how to store rubbish to prevent a similar blaze.
A Chinese lantern landed on thousands of tonnes of rubbish at a centre in Smethwick causing £6 million worth of damage.
Northamptonshire's Arson Task Force is warning local residents about floating lanterns following the fire at a Smethwick recycling plant.
Around 50,000 tonnes of plastic recycling material and a factory is on fire in Smethwick.