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Tipping point: smouldering rubbish is hosed down – sparking reminder to Erewash residents that batteries need to be taken for recycling and not chucked in bin (Credit: EBC)

Ilkeston

Bin lorry with smouldering load gets fire engine escort

Two fire engines have escorted a bin lorry back to its Erewash depot after its load began smouldering from something in the rubbish. The borough council’s eagle-eyed refuse crew spotted smoke so pulled over and immediately summoned help. Firefighters decided the safest way to deal with the emergency – and potentially save the lorry – was for the truck to return to base and tip its contents out. The convoy with one of the fire engines following behind made its […]

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