The fire took more than three hours to put out
A huge blaze that tore through tonnes of cardboard and took more than three hours to put out was started from a disposable vape.
Now, firefighters believe that it was started by the battery inside a disposable vape. This is the latest in a series of blazes that have occurred in waste centres around the county.In April this year, a larger fire at the Transfer Station caused around 40 tonnes of recycling products to be lost and they had to be disposed of. Batteries thrown away in household rubbish can cause around 700 fires each year.
Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Change, County Councillor Shaun Turner, said: "It is vitally important that batteries are disposed of in the right way, as they can cause fires if they are damaged or crushed, leading to potentially deadly consequences. "The batteries are inside items that you might not realise, and that is what makes them so dangerous. Examples of 'hidden batteries' are those found in disposable vapes, electrical toothbrushes and children's toys, phones and laptops.
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