Fire crews rushed to a blaze at a recycling centre on Sunday afternoon after a 'large quantity of recycled paper and cardboard' went up in flames. The fire broke out in a warehouse on the Recycle for Greater Manchester (R4GM) site on Every Street, in Bury, at around midday (June 19).
Crews attended, with multiple hose retrieval units to dampen the flames, with all those living nearby urged to close their windows as thick smoke clouded over the area. It took the fire brigade multiple hours to tackle the fire, with the recycling centre closed for the remainder of the day.
The Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service later confirmed that they received reports of the fire involving a 'large quantity of recycled paper and cardboard in a warehouse'. It is not known at this time how the materials caught fire, but residents continued to be urged to avoid the area.
