Smoke could be seen for miles around after a fire broke out at the riverside in Hebburn.
The blaze broke out at around 3.40pm on Friday on the Hawthorn Leslie site, a former shipyard on Ellison Street. Thick black smoke could be seen rising into the air by passer-bys in the South Tyneside town and beyond.
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