Gallery: Fire at Warboys landfill site

RESIDENTS in Warboys were advised to keep their doors and windows closed after a fire broke out at the village s landfill site. Thousands of tonnes of non-hazardous waste material caught on fire at the landfill site in Puddock Hill at 4.25am on Thursday (May 7). T

RESIDENTS in Warboys were advised to keep their doors and windows closed after a fire broke out at the village's landfill site.

Thousands of tonnes of non-hazardous waste material caught on fire at the landfill site in Puddock Hill at 4.25am on Thursday (May 7).

Twenty firefighters were called to battle the blaze, which caused a large smoke plume to form and travel across the village towards Doddington.

No one was hurt in the blaze.

MP for North West Cambridgeshire, Shailesh Vara said: “My main concern is that nobody is hurt by the fire.

“I understand that the fire is of non-hazardous material. Nevertheless, I am in contact with the Environment Agency and the owners of the site to ensure that whatever needs to be done is carried out to guarantee the safety of local people.

“When the fire has been extinguished, we will then need to investigate the causes and see what lessons can be learned to prevent a repeat of the incident in the future.”

Speaking to The Hunts Post at 5pm on Thursday (May 7) a spokesman for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said the smoke plume had lifted and people did not need to keep their doors and windows shut.

She added: "The fire is now undercontrol and we expect to be at the site until about 9pm. The section of waste that was on fire has been cut away and a controlled burn is now taking place, which could last a few days."

The cause of the fire is not yet known.