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Fire at recycling plant in Rotherham

Five fire engines were called to a fire at a recycling plant on Bolton Road in Wath upon Dearne at 1:45am on Thursday.

Fire crews from Dearne, Rotherham and Doncaster stations attended the incident.  A large amount of rubbish for recycling was on fire inside a warehouse building.

Firefighters used hose reels to tackle the blaze.

Crews left the scene at 7am.

The fire is currently under investigation but is believed to have started accidentally.

This content was last updated on August 04th, 2016