Fire crews tackle Nantycaws recycling centre blaze

People were advised to keep windows and doors shut following a large fire at a recycling centre.

Eight appliances were called to the fire in Nantycaws, Carmarthenshire, after a call at 15:15 BST on Saturday.

Crews remain at the scene on Sunday morning, according to Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service.

Emma Jones, from Cross Hands, said she could see "thick black smoke" whilst driving from Llangunnor, around four miles away from the recycling centre.

Carmarthenshire council said no-one had been injured.

Paul Wakelin, head of operations at Cwm Environmental, who run the site, said it was working closely with the fire service.

"We do not yet know the cause of the fire and a full investigation will need to be launched," he said.

The council said the recycling centre and the waste transfer station for the disposal of commercial waste would remain closed.

It said residents who had booked an appointment between Sunday and Wednesday could instead visit one of the county's other sites at Trostre, Wernddu or Whitland, but should bring their confirmation email.

Natural Resources Wales said a fire water plan was in place and it would visit the site of the fire again on Sunday.

The fire service said crews were dampening down on Sunday.

An investigation will take place later to determine the cause of the blaze.

Meanwhile, the combined control room of South Wales and Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service received 490 calls relating to grass fires from 09:00 BST onwards on Friday.

At its height, five fire crews tackled a blaze of burning grass and gorse at Kilvey Hill, Swansea, which first began at 14:00 BST on Friday.

At another incident, 20 firefighters tackled a fire at Cilgwyn near Carmel, south of Caernarfon, until 22:20 on Friday.

The cloud of smoke from the incident was so large that control room staff received 999 calls from Anglesey, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said.

Lee Smith, who lives in Carmel, said he came across the fire while out running on the mountain.

"I saw the smoke and thought it was a bonfire," he said.

Mr Smith added he thought the blaze was the size of a "football pitch or two".

A wildfire of over seven acres (three hectares) above Park Road in Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf, was also tackled by three fire crews, using water jets and an all-terrain vehicle.

And three crews also attended a wildfire at Nantmor near Beddgelert in Gwynedd before the incident was declared over by 22:10.

Firefighters had to return to a smouldering wildfire which has reignited at Aberhenwaun Uchaf, Seven Sisters, Neath Port Talbot, on Friday at about 20:15.

In Llanrwst in Conwy county, two appliances attended the scene of a gorse fire on Friday afternoon.

And a grass fire smouldered overnight at Cwm Nant y Groes at Six Bells, Blaenau Gwent.

Another fire was monitored on a cliff across seven acres (three hectares) at Caswell Bay, Gower, on Friday night.