‘Explosions’ and black smoke as firefighters tackle scrapyard blaze
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a scrapyard fire near to the Coventry City training ground in Ryton.
The blaze caused huge plumes of black smoke which could be seen from the surrounding areas and even forced the closure of a nearby road.
People living nearby reported hearing “intermittent explosions” at the height of the blaze.
The fire on Oxford Road ignited on Tuesday afternoon with emergency services called to the site shortly before 5pm.
The fire involved multiple scrap vehicles, including campervans and cars.
It produced so much smoke the fire service were concerned for the safety of motorists on an adjacent carriageway.
It is not being treated as suspicious.
Resident Steve Witter said: “There were intermittent explosions as though gas canisters or tyres or similar was involved.
“You could smell it in parts of the village but the thick black smoke was the most obvious impact and the fire engines were heard quite soon after the smoke was first seen.”
A spokesman for
Warwickshire Police said: “We received a report from the fire brigade at 16.52 of several things on fire (including a skip, vehicles and campervans) in Oxford Road, Ryton.
“The fire brigade were concerned about smoke going across the carriageway. Officers attended to assist with road closure and the road reopened around 17.30. There were no suspicious circumstances.”
Warwickshire fire and rescue tweeted about the blaze.
The post read: “Two appliances from Rugby and one from Leamington have attended a fire involving a pile of scrap including 12 plus vehicles on Oxford Road, Ryton on Dunsmore.”