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Recycling plant fire treated as arson

Shyamantha Asokan
BBC News, West Midlands
R. Davies Metals & Sons A still from CCTV footage shows a piece of industrial machinery on fire. The fire is in the right hand corner of the image. There is a piece of machinery in the centre of the image and a vehicle on the left, neither of which are on fire.R. Davies Metals & Sons
R. Davies Metals & Sons posted CCTV footage of the incident on social media

A fire at a scrap metal recycling plant is being treated as arson by police.

Emergency services were called to the blaze at R. Davies Metals & Sons on Oak Lane in Kingswinford, Dudley, just after 23:10 GMT on Sunday. No-one was injured.

The company said in a Facebook post that "inhumane, moral-less people" had carried out a "targeted arson attack".

West Midlands Police said the incident was being investigated as arson and urged anyone with information to contact the force.

Google A scrapyard on a cloudy day. There is a car park and a two-storey office building on the right. A truck, diggers and piles of scrap metal can be seen in the background on the left.Google
Emergency services were called to the fire in Kingswinford just after 23:10 GMT on Sunday

The company added the fire involved a newly-installed piece of machinery which had been a big investment for it.

West Midlands Fire Service said 50 firefighters worked to tackle the blaze.

Crews arrived at the site just after 23:10 GMT on Sunday and firefighters were on site until Monday afternoon to put out the fire completely.

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