Fire at waste depot

THE Mobuoy Road on the outskirts of Londonderry was closed to traffic for a while yesterday, due to a fire at a waste recycling site.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Jun 2010, 13:29 BST

The fire was discovered shortly before 6am, a PSNI spokesman said: this is the second major fire at the site, the previous incident having taken place in March.

It is understood around 500 tonnes of material was ablaze and at one stage fire officers encouraged homeowners in the area to close their windows for their own comfort.

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A spokesperson for City Waste said: "A fire occurred at the premises of City Industrial Waste at approximately 5.30am on Tuesday June 15th. The Northern Ireland Fire Brigade were notified immediately upon detection and they have quickly brought the fire under control. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

"City Waste would like to take this opportunity to assure its customers that there will be no disruption to their services as a result of this incident."

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