Recycling plant fire
Around fifty firefighters are tackling a blaze at Bredbury Recycling Plant near Stockport. Emergency services have been there through the night. No one has been injured.
50 firefighters continue to tackle recycling plant blaze
50 firefighters continue to tackle a blaze at a recycling plant in Stockport 18 hours after the fire began.
Eight fire crews remain at the scene of the fire in Bredbury while firefighters also continue to fight the fire from above from aerial platforms.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service's control operators received a number of calls from 9.12pm on Tuesday, August 20, to report the blaze at the plant on Stockport Road West, behind Morrisons supermarket.
Soon after a further five fire engines were sent to the incident and at the height of the blaze around 50 firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control during the night.
Firefighters managed to contain the blaze by the morning and will be there for the next few days.
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Crews still tackling recycling plant fire
Fire crews from Greater Manchester are still tackling a fire at a recycling plant in Bredbury.
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Bredbury Fire
Fifty firefighters are still trying to contain a fire at a recycling plant in Bredbury near Stockport.