Firefighters tackle blaze involving 12 tonnes of paper at commercial skip in Shrewsbury
By Megan Jones
Published 31st Jul 2025, 08:22 GMT
Updated 31st Jul 2025, 13:12 GMT
Fire crews spent more than two hours at the scene of a skip fire on a Shrewsbury industrial estate.
The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to Battlefield Enterprise Park in Shrewsbury at around 9.10pm yesterday (July 30) following reports of a fire.
Three crews from Shrewsbury and Wem fire stations were sent.
When they arrived the firefighters found a commercial skip containing around 12 tonnes of newspapers alight.
The teams put out the blaze using jets and drag rakes and used a thermal imaging camera to check for hotspots.
The incident was under control by 11.30pm.