Crews tackle fire at paper recycling warehouse

Fire crews were called to an overnight blaze at a paper recycling warehouse.

About 40 firefighters attended the Bolton Brothers site in Great Blakenham, Suffolk, at about 01:39 BST, close to Sackers recycling plant where a large fire caused damage last month.

Residents said they were woken up by "crackling and banging" like fireworks and saw the blaze through their windows.

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said the incident was under control by 03:36 with two crews remaining at the scene.

Sue Keeley described being woken up by "really loud bangs", "like fireworks".

"My daughter came into my bedroom, because it was all going off, and she'd rung the fire brigade," Ms Keeley said.

"The fire engines arrived and it went out quite quickly, but it was the smell and the smoke - we had all our windows shut as it was very strong smelling."

Neighbour Philip Cook said he also woke to the sounds of "crackling and banging, it felt like there was fireworks".

"We've had the fire over at Sackers, that was a really, really big fire, so we were worried about how it might go with problems with smoke in the house and your animals," he said.

The fire service said 12 fire vehicles were sent to the scene, including six water pumps and and an aerial ladder.

A spokesperson said: "Teams are still on site damping down and hotspotting."

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