Fire at a recycling and landfill site in Newport

Crews from Newport, Sandown, Cowes and Shanklin were alerted shortly after 7pm last night to the fire at a recycling site on Briddlesford Road.

Supported by the Ventnor water carrier, firefighters used breathing apparatus and hose reel jets to tackle the flames that had spread across a number of large refuse bins.

Police closed the road and the incident was scaled down overnight, as Freshwater, Ryde and East Cowes crews took over from the firefighters who were first on the scene.

HIWFRS left the scene after the fire was fully extinguished and dampened down, at around 11am this morning.

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*21:29 – Update* Two(2) Bins containing electrical, metal and general waste have been moved to a safe area for a controlled burn. Police have attended and agreed to put in a hard road closure on Briddlesford Road until morning. Our crews will remain on scene, we have scaled down to 2 pumps from Newport and Cowes.

*20:56 – Update* The fire has been contained to Two(2) large bins.

*19:24* A fire started at a recycling site in Briddlesford Road, Newport in three(3) large bins. Crews from Newport, Cowes, Sandown, Shanklin and Ventor were in attendance at the height of the incident, using 2 BA, 2 main jets and 1 HRJ