Huge plume of smoke!

[onnie 10]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/blaze-rips-through-plastics-factory-in-sheffield-1-5854471

[OrganiseChaos 10]

' Jokes ' removed. There are people out there putting their lives in danger fighting this fire so show a bit of respect and go and play elsewhere please.

 

Thank you. Good luck to the fire service, hope no-one gets hurt.

[Nagel 10]

Traffic in the area pretty high due to rubberneckers - on the grassed area at the end of manor lane, people are having picnics watching it !!!

 

People are naturally curious and a big fire will always attract spectators. I went to the top floor of my house to get a better look.

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is this the most threads in the shortest time 186

I think that record might go to this thread. In the early hours of the morning too.

[supersonic 11]

I was cycling past, was pretty close, took these at the height of the blaze:

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp87/supersonic525/fire-1_zps12de7116.jpg?t=1373820746

 

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp87/supersonic525/fire2_zpsf3ba0108.jpg?t=1373820721

[dean1 10]

I saw this start from my allotment, just was wondering who was burning 'copper wire' on a Sunday diner time.

Went home and it just got bigger. Been watching now for the duration through the 'Binos', I have a perfect view of the incident.

I would like to know what went wrong with Sheffield's C.A.R.P. pump? It went aloft but no water, then it went down again, then came back up again but still no water. At about 5pm a 'White' larger telescopic pump turned up and proceeded to spew forth, Sheffield's C.A.R.P. at the same time was parked in a large car park just below the Supertram Depot extended yet again, there was just a quick 'spray' and down again it went !!

[jubs 10]

i am nr wath and i can see the smoke

[atticus182 10]

It started in a building and spread to a plastics recycleing place its in the sheffield star

[puddinburner 10]

lol the C.A.R.P is'nt working then? They had to send for the Nottingham one.

[dean1 10]

I think 'our boys' are on top now !! The 'white' C.A.R.P. and about 8 pumps are spraying thousands of gallons onto the conflagration as I type and watch through my window. Very impressive 'boys'.

 

Google Earth will give you an overview of the yard where the fire started.

[pattricia 574]

Yes, massive smoke rising from Parkway this afternoon. Its dying down now, but have seen helicopters hovering over it.

[LewisBlade89 10]

The white laddered CARP you mentioned is probably the arial platform from darnall not from nottingham