17 tonnes of recycling catch alight in St Albans

Firefighters extinguished 17 tonnes of recycling which were alight on top of an articulated trailer near Park Street.

A crew from St Albans was called to the fire on the A505 near Park Street at 1.24pm today.

They used two short extension ladders, two sets of breathing apparatus, two hose reels, a thermal image camera and a fog spike to extinguish the blaze.