A fire at a Hebburn industrial estate sent huge clouds of black smoke billowing across Tyneside on Sunday.
Firefighters warned locals to keep their windows closed as they battled for hours to gain control of the blaze, which broke out in a building on the Robert Frazer Industrial Estate, off Station Road and Argyle Street in the South Tyneside town.
The affected buildings, which sit among several empty and abandoned former industrial units, are believed to have been derelict before the fire. One of the buildings, which was left with a partially destroyed roof, was a former tyre and car repair centre, and it's thought that the presence of some tyres among the burning material contributed to the dense black smoke which could be seen for several miles around.
