Fire crews tackle Gaydon landfill site blaze

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Fire crews tackle Gaydon landfill site blaze

Postby dutchman » Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:21 pm

Emergency crews in Warwickshire have been tackling a fire in 300 tonnes of garden waste at a landfill site

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Around 20 firefighters were called to the Gaydon landfill site, in Banbury Road at just after midnight.

The fire, on open land at the site, also involved a van, a loading shovel and a diesel tank.

Crews from Southam, Fenny Compton and Leamington Spa have been using agricultural vehicles to move unburnt refuse away from the fire.

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