Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Smoke across City as Industrial Recycling Skips on fire in Bradford.

Waste, recycling, skips, fire, Bradford, Ripley, Street

Industrial skips containing waste plastic caught fire on Ripley Street in West Bowling, Bradford last night (30/06/2015).

Waste, recycling, skips, fire, Bradford, Ripley, Street

The skips, which contained plastic due to be recycled, were in a locked compound. Thick black smoke could be seen across the city. 

Waste, recycling, skips, fire, Bradford, Ripley, Street

Fire crews from Odsal, Idle and Shipley were called out just after 6 pm to the waste management site. Crews used 2 Ground monitors and 1 Large jet to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire at this time is not known.