MVDA
member Recycling Lives recently suffered a major fire at its scrap metal shredder
site (Longridge Road,
Preston, Lancashire).
Lancashire Fire and
Rescue Service was called to the site where firefighters found that a pile of
cars, approximately 30m x 20m was alight. 15 fire engines and other specialist equipment
from across the county, & 100 firefighters, were called to the incident. Firefighters managed to contain the fire from
spreading to other piles of recycling and none of the shredding and sorting
equipment on the site was damaged.
However, the site was closed the next day & customers were diverted
to one of the companies other sites.
The cause of the fire is not
currently clear.
Recycling Lives said that
due to planning permission restrictions on the site, the main processing
machinery, a state-of-the-art metal fragmentizer, can only operate within the
hours of 7:30am - 2pm. So, in order to maximise processing efficiency, scrap
metal must be stored beyond the volumes they would ideally wish.
Steve Jackson, chief
executive of Recycling Lives said: “Thanks to the exceptional work of
firefighters and the outstanding health and safety practises at Recycling
Lives, the fire was quickly contained and there have been no injuries or damage
to machinery. We are incredibly grateful to the firefighters and other
emergency services who have helped us to deal with the incident and we will
continue to support their operations in any way we can.
“We would also like to
extend our thanks to our customers who have been sending messages of support,
particularly our neighbours.”
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