A large pile of recyclable waste has gone up in smoke in a fire at a scrap metal yard.
Firefighters were called to a fire at Ripley’s scrap metal yard in Diplocks Way Industrial Estate in Hailsham just after midnight this morning.
Fire broke out in what was described as an open shed of recyclable waste measuring 10 metres by 15 metres.
Crews from Hailsham and Herstmonceux worked through the night to bring the fire under control and cool the embers of the fire.
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