Yet another... recycling plant fire

[alangla]

Suez in Aberdeen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-... - seems to have involved most of the fire crews in the north east of Scotland. Fire brigade thought it was out on Friday, but it flared up again.

[saaby93]

Leicestershire rubbish tip?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershi...

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

saaby93 said:

Leicestershire rubbish tip?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershi...

I saw the smoke from that last night on the horizon and wondered what had gone up in flames.

[mcdjl]

Matt_E_Mulsion said:

saaby93 said:

Leicestershire rubbish tip?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershi...

I saw the smoke from that last night on the horizon and wondered what had gone up in flames.

We were driving towards it at about 6.30 by which time it was well up and had a conversation of someone must have called the fire brigade. Not by much it seems! It's not far at all from the m1 so I'm just glad it wasn't on the junction.

[saaby93]

mcdjl said:

Matt_E_Mulsion said:

saaby93 said:

Leicestershire rubbish tip?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershi...

I saw the smoke from that last night on the horizon and wondered what had gone up in flames.

We were driving towards it at about 6.30 by which time it was well up and had a conversation of someone must have called the fire brigade. Not by much it seems! It's not far at all from the m1 so I'm just glad it wasn't on the junction.

The fire brigade tends to let these burn themselves out - what's the point in trying to save a pile of rubbish that would cost money to send to an incinerator.

[alangla]

Perth: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-cen...

[anonymous-user]

alangla said:

Perth: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-cen...

That's todays,
There's yesterday
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-09-03/huge-r...

[saaby93]

More rubbish gone
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63257811

[giveitfish]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-638...

“700 fires a year” due to batteries.

[alangla]

giveitfish said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-638...

“700 fires a year” due to batteries.

If fires are that common, and given damage such as this - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-... - it does kind of beg the question as to why these sites don’t have more effective fire suppression systems, especially in the indoor areas. The Aberdeen example is a Suez site, so not a dodgy operator with a massive pile of waste crammed into a corner of an industrial estate. One would expect them (and their insurers) to be doing a bit more to protect their asset.

[budgie smuggler]

I got sent this pic today, it's a pollution map from breezometer.com



The person who sent it me, reckoned it was from this

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-01-19/illegal...

Not quite a recycling plant but...

[Bathroom_Security]

budgie smuggler said:

I got sent this pic today, it's a pollution map from breezometer.com



The person who sent it me, reckoned it was from this

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-01-19/illegal...

Not quite a recycling plant but...

Council has no money so can't do anything about it

Wow.

[S11Steve]

Chesterfield in the news today - looking at the aerial images, it doesn't look like they were the most stringent followers of EHS and fire safety rules

https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/aerial-phot...

[alangla]

Unfortunately this one in Perth has been fatal. It was initially reported as a large fire and the M90 closed with no mention of casualties. RIP.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-cen...

Edited by alangla on Tuesday 28th February 14:26

[cossy400]

https://www.chad.co.uk/news/savanna-rags-fire-in-m...

Surprised we aint had this.

[FourWheelDrift]

Bathroom_Security said:

budgie smuggler said:

I got sent this pic today, it's a pollution map from breezometer.com



The person who sent it me, reckoned it was from this

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-01-19/illegal...

Not quite a recycling plant but...

Council has no money so can't do anything about it

Wow.

Council is run by the Havering Residents Association (with a small Labour coalition), you'd think they'd have more reason to do something or get it planned with their budget since they are the residents of the area, it's not as if it's just appeared.

[Puzzles]

one a couple of days ago

https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/hampshire-news...

and I believe another fire going on in southampton at the moment

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Edited by Puzzles on Friday 14th July 21:56

[808 Estate]

The recycling yard at Southampton docks has gone up again.
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24243187.fire-cre...

[alangla]

This one in Ayrshire has been keeping the fire brigade busy for the last couple of days https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0klwg8128ro