A factory fire at the recycling centre in Moxley near Walsall.
A factory fire at the recycling centre in Moxley near Walsall.
Black smoke billows across the air.
Police wearing masks advise locals to stay indoors to keep clear of the smoke.
Thick black smoke moves across covering nearby houses.
A jet of water is used to try and tackle the blaze.
Thick smoke descends on houses next to the fire.
A jet of water is used to try and tackle the blaze.
Emergency services look on.
A police officer wearing a mask because of the asbestos risk.
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Huge blaze at Walsall recycling centre
Jul 22 2009 by Trevor Roberts
MORE than 100 people were evacuated when a huge fire at AWM Recycling sent smoke clouds containing lethal asbestos over their homes today. Police officers wearing face-masks hurried worried residents in their nightclothes into vans to get them away from the thick black smoke which enveloped part of Moxley, near Walsall.