Fire crews called after rubbish discovered smouldering in bin lorry
Firefighters from Prees and Shrewsbury stations were called to a bin lorry containing smouldering rubbish in Market Drayton yesterday afternoon.
Fire crews were called to Blandford Way at around 1.23pm.
Upon arrival, crews discovered a significant amount of rubbish smouldering in the back of the lorry.
To extinguish the fire, firefighters used a hosereel jet and a thermal imaging camera.
The contents of the refuse were damped down at the Whitchurch refuse centre. A thermal imaging camera was also used to ensure that the refuse had cooled to ambient temperatures.
The incident was successfully contained, with no injuries reported.
