Firefighters called in to aid tip fire battle
FIRE crews from Maltby and Dearne were called to help colleagues dealing with a landfill site blaze in Doncaster.
A 60-sq metre area at the Veolia premises on Askern Road was set alight early yesterday.
Firefighters worked with site staff to create a fire break using a digger while using three jets of water.
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Crews were damping down and preparing to leave at about 2.30pm after nine hours at the scene.
A fire service spokesman said: “No-one has been injured. The blaze is believed to have been started deliberately.”