Major fire at West Burton(?) power station?

Major fire at West Burton(?) power station?

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105.4

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77 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Or at least, that’s what it looks very much like from the drive home. If it isn’t West Burton that’s on fire, then it’s something else very big just in front of it.

Is there anyone closer (Gainsborough / Retford) that can provide more info, as I can’t find anything online.

trashbat

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Vanden Saab

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80 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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ChocolateFrog

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179 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Tyre fire just outside Ranskill.

My brother lives a couple of hundred metres away.


ChocolateFrog

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Friday 5th August 2022
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105.4

Original Poster:

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77 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Thanks all smile

I can see that power station on a very distant horizon from the outskirts of Sheffield in a clear day. But at such a distance, I can’t see the smaller, lower-lying objects like that tyre dump.

It would appear that the tyre dump is exactly in my line of sight of the power station itself, hence my confusion / incorrect belief that the power station itself had gone up in flames.

Gareth79

7,979 posts

252 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Vast amounts of tyres there which don't seem to have moved, and look overgrown. Is there any restriction on how long they can be stored, or can a business just pile them up until somebody accidentally sets fire to them?

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3802656,-1.0025915...


Gompo

4,488 posts

264 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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My car is where I've circled. A little disappointing. No idea what sort of state it is in, was OK around 14.00.




silentbrown

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122 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Gompo said:
My car is where I've circled. A little disappointing. No idea what sort of state it is in, was OK around 14.00.

Eeek. One for the "Bad parking" thread?

anonymous-user

60 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Amazing how often these recycling plant fires "accidentally" occur

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

milu

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272 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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Still going. Just

Previous

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160 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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Joey Deacon said:
Amazing how often these recycling plant fires "accidentally" occur

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
yes

The land owner needs to clean up a bit now, but at least they no longer have to pay a huge amount to recycle the tyres.

Every cloud and all that...


ChocolateFrog

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Saturday 6th August 2022
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And this morning


anonymous-user

60 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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The view from Google earth, definitely no health and safety/environmental concerns there…..