Bin collectors were forced to tip approximately nine tonnes of waste onto the road earlier today after smoke appeared from the back of the bin lorry.
Members of Sefton Council's waste management team had no choice but to dump a morning's worth of recycling onto a busy town centre road after smoke began to appear from the back of the lorry. Queens Road in Southport was shut for around four hours on Wednesday, January 11, when the bin collectors on board the lorry became aware of the smoke.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service were called at 11.09am with firefighters extinguishing the fire with a hose before using thermal imaging to find the cause of the fire among the rubbish, which is yet to be confirmed.
