*On Scene* Huge Recycling Centre Fire Salford

Around 40 firefighters from six fire stations around Manchester attended the scene of a blaze in Salford (26 April), after several tonnes of waste caught fire at JWS Waste’s materials recovery facility (MRF) in Salford.
Fire services received reports of smoke emanating from Westport House on Frederick Road at around 11pm yesterday evening, and found ‘a large fire’ involving a ‘large amount of recycling waste’ once at the scene.
Residents were asked to keep their windows and doors closed while smoke was issuing from the fire, and Frederick Road was closed for several hours as a precaution.
The road re-opened this afternoon (27 April), after crews had spent the night dampening down materials. Three engines remain on the scene to continue wetting the recyclable materials, and are expected to remain on site into the ‘early evening’.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage, and investigations are said to be underway.
‘No significant damage to the plant or the buildings’
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Group Manager Jon Aspinall commented: “When crew arrived they were greeted with a large fire and a lot of smoke. We worked hard with the site owners to get control of the fire as quickly as possible.
“In addition to fighting the fire, we also conducted an environmental plan to make sure that any water used is disposed of safely.”
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[@andrewappleyard100]

hello everyone as most people are aware JWS Waste and Recycling Services had a major fire as seen in this video unfortunately the date of the fire is wrong this video is showing the clearing up process after the fire was brought under control the fire it's self started around 5pm the night of 14/08/2018 and i should know i work on the site

[@firecatchesuk]

Awesome as I thought!!

[@FirePhotos]

Thanks Noah! :)

[@chrismarsh3374]

Lots of standing around... Were they assessing and trying to workout best plan.. Even saw firemen walking around with drinks in their hand

[@FirePhotos]

Due to the incident containing lots of tightly packed in waste, there wasn't much "offensive" firefighting they could do other than setting up ground monitors and monitoring fire spread.

[@cameronallan5624]

i know what you mean they often do seem to be procrastinating but to be fair they are human as well. They need drinks and snacks.