Recycling plant to burn for days
Written by terry on April 18, 2013 at 11:25
More than 70 firefighters are tackling the blaze over a seven-acre area at the Smurfit Kappa paper mill in the Nechells area of Birmingham.
The fire had started just after 10pm on Wednesday night.
Tens of thousands of tons of cardboard is expected to keep burning for days at the recycling plant.
There are 20 fire crews on the site and at one point overnight 100 firefighters were on the scene near the M6 motorway.
The site in Mount Street is a recycled packaging mill, according to the company website.
According to its website, Smurfit Kappa is one of the leading producers of paper-based packaging in the world, with more than 41,000 employees in 32 countries. It has its headquarters in Dublin.
Image courtesy of Belfast Telegraph
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