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Waste and recycling site evacuated due to fire

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue A waste site, with smoke coming from a container, and white and red bollards around it. There are rubbish containers and cabins to the back of the site. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue
Fire crews were called to the waste site at Sixfields, Northampton, on Friday afternoon

A waste and recycling centre has been evacuated after a fire in a small container for electrical rubbish.

West Northamptonshire Council said crews from the fire service were called to the scene at Sixfields, Northampton, at about 12:30 BST.

It said there was a "significant" amount of smoke.

The site has now been closed, but due to the heatwave, all other waste and recycling centres across the county were shut at 13:00.

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