Incident
Outdoor fire
Date
10.09am - 08 July 2025
Last updated
2.56pm - 08 July 2025
Status
Closed
Incident type
Recycling and landfill
Location
Plymstock Radford
Attending station
Plympton
Camels Head
Crownhill
Greenbank
Fire control received a call reporting a fire in a recycling facility and mobilised three Fire Engines from Greenbank and Camels Head, Plymouth and additionally an Aerial Ladder Platform from Greenbank and a Water Bowser from Plympton.
The final details were confirmed at 11:57 as a single storey commercial premises measuring approximately 88 metres x 38 metres used as a recycling plant, fire contained within a waste hopper and the contents were removed by the responsible company. Fire Service personnel used one hose hose reel jet and a thermal imaging camera to check for hotspots, two breathing apparatus and a safety jet were also used.