Recycling centre fire in Sittingbourne
30+ Incident Thursday 29 August 2024 04:38
Thursday 29 August 2024
05:59
Fire engines: 6
Equipment: PPE - Breathing apparatus, Firefighting - Main jet (hose)
Special support vehicles: Command support unit
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Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire at a recycling centre on Ridham Dock Road, Sittingbourne.
Six fire engines attended, as well as a command support unit, and crews, wearing breathing apparatus, used hose reel jets to extinguish the flames.
There was no reported injuries and the cause is believed to be accidental and linked to a shredding machine.