Thirsk recycling plant fire 'under control'
Thick smoke went up over the A19 after a fire involving 150 tonnes at a recycling plant in Thirsk, North Yorkshire.
Waste management firm insists plant is safe
A waste management firm says their plant is safe despite suffering the second fire there in three years.
Firefighters were called to Todd Waste Management in Thirsk at 5am this morning.
Philip Atkinson, a director at the plant, said their procedures had worked and insists the plant was safe.
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