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Skip and lorry fire

Four fire engines were called to a fire inside a building on Retford Road in Woodhouse Mill, Rotherham at 3am on Wednesday morning.

Fire crews from Aston, Parkway and Birley Moor stations attended the incident.  A large skip was on fire on the back of a lorry which was inside a warehouse type building.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used main jets to bring the fire under control.

The fire crews left the scene at 5:15am.

The fire is believed to have started accidentally.

This content was last updated on September 20th, 2017