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Recycling centre fire believed to be accidental

News imageCambridge Fire and Rescue Service A photo taken outside during daylight hours. A huge heap of metal and plastic is stacked up and on fire. IT looks like there are washing machines among the waste. Three firefighters stands around the outside, and long yellow hoses lie on the floor.Cambridge Fire and Rescue Service
Crews were at the scene of a large fire at a recycling centre near March in Cambridgeshire

A blaze at a recycling centre was believed to have been started accidentally, a fire service said.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to a large amount of scrap metal alight in Knights End Road, near March, at 19:07 BST on Thursday.

Crews attended from March, Chatteris, Wisbech, Manea, Whittlesey, including a water carrier from Ramsey, and left the scene at about 05:30 the next day.

The fire service had previously warned people to avoid the area and encouraged nearby residents to close doors and windows due to the amount of smoke.

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