£30,000 damage at family run waste disposal site

A fire which broke out at a waste disposal site in Calne last week has caused around £30,000 worth of damage.

The fire at Calne Aggregates started in a large shed on the site and quickly spread.  Fire units from Calne and Chippenham and Wootten Bassett fought the blaze for several hours after receiving the alert at around 1.30am on 9th May.

The business is owned by Martin Hudd and his wife Heidi.  Mrs Hudd said: “We got a phone call at about 1am from a chap who works on the lorries at a local farm. He said he could see the shed and thought it could be on fire but he wasn’t sure. We came out and saw it was all ablaze so we called the fire brigade. They were still here in the afternoon making sure it was all safe because a massive load of mixed waste was ablaze. We managed to stay sort-of open but people couldn’t come and tip but we were still delivering skips. We have been working here for 20 years and nothing like this has ever happened to us before, it was a big shock. Now we have got sheds to repair and that’s going to be a big job.”

The cause of the fire is still unknown and investigators will take some time to come to a conclusion.