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Building fire - Wimblington - Fenland

On Monday (11) at 6.51pm crews were called to a roof fire on Manea Road, Wimblington.

Crews from Ely, Stanground, Wisbech, March, Manea, Chatteris, Ramsey, Huntingdon.

The high-volume pump, incident command unit, water carrier and the turntable ladder also responded.

Crews arrived to find a fire at a plastic recycling plant, with around 100 tonnes of recycled plastic within a building.

Firefighters worked in sections to get the fire under control.

The incident scaled down by 10pm, when two crews remained on scene for a watching brief.

The incident was then reinspected the following morning.

The cause of the fire was accidental.