It was the latest in a series of blazes caused by batteries
Flames broke out at Farington Waste Recovery Park on Saturday as the fire burned through a metal storage skip. Crews spent two hours tackling the blaze, which is thought to have been made more difficult due to traces of oils and greases accelerating the fire.
It was latest in a series of battery-related fire to have occurred at the county's waste facilities in recent months and council chiefs are now pleading people to take more care. At Preston Transfer Station, one blaze in June affected around one tonne of cardboard and a few months previously.In April, another battery fire caused around 40 tonnes of recycling products to be lost as they had to be disposed of.
"They can cause fires if they are damaged or crushed, leading to potentially deadly consequences – and this can occur at any time, as this fire in a storage skip demonstrates. Batteries of all sizes can explode and set off fires, making them a very difficult item to handle. Please recycle these responsibly – including ones in items you may not have considered, such as vapes, electric toothbrushes and singing birthday cards.
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