Firefighters tackle major Nechells blaze

A major incident's been declared at a blaze at a recycling plant in Birmingham, where over 8000 tons of cardboard are on fire.

West Midlands Fire were called at 19:40 last night (Sunday 12 June), to the incident at Smurfit Kappa, on Mount Street in the Nechells area.

This incident involves a large amount of paper and cardboard bales on fire at a warehouse.

Over 100 firefighters were tackling the fire overnight, but that's been scaled down now to 35.

There are no reports of any casualties.

The fire service say they expect to be on site in some capacity for the next 48 hours.

Heartlands Parkway heading into Birmingham City Centre has been reopened. The route out of the city remains closed.

Locals are being asked to keep their windows and doors shut, as a lot of smoke has built up in the area.

Smurfit Kappa suffered a major blaze back in 2013, when ten of thousands of tonnes of cardboard caught fire.

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