The cause of a major blaze at a scrapyard in Kirkdale last year is thought to have been established.
In September last year, more than a dozen fire engines battled a massive inferno at Norton Scrap and Co for almost two days with around 150 scrap cars set alight. A report to Liverpool Council’s neighbourhoods committee has detailed the findings of a meeting held in March between its own public health and emergency planning bodies, the Environment Agency (EA) and neighbouring local authorities into the fire at the Bank Hall Street location.
The blaze impacted an area of 50m x 20m and firefighters warned residents to close doors and windows owing to poor air quality. The report said: “The subsequent fire investigation found that the fire originated in the Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) pile and the likely ignition source had been a discarded Lithium-Ion battery.”
