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| Fire destroys thousands of pallets at Doncaster yard | Fire destroys thousands of pallets at Doncaster yard |
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| Thousands of wooden pallets have been destroyed in a fire at a storage yard in Doncaster. | Thousands of wooden pallets have been destroyed in a fire at a storage yard in Doncaster. |
| At its height, about 70 firefighters tackled the blaze at the pallet yard on Cow House Lane, Armthorpe, which started at about 03:30 BST. | At its height, about 70 firefighters tackled the blaze at the pallet yard on Cow House Lane, Armthorpe, which started at about 03:30 BST. |
| It is thought the fire spread from the yard to the nearby West Moor Park Network Centre, where a single factory building was also alight. | It is thought the fire spread from the yard to the nearby West Moor Park Network Centre, where a single factory building was also alight. |
| No-one is believed to have been hurt in either incident. | No-one is believed to have been hurt in either incident. |
| 'Almost like sunrise' | |
| Incident commander Darren Staniland said: "All the pallets, many thousands of them, have been destroyed in the fire." | Incident commander Darren Staniland said: "All the pallets, many thousands of them, have been destroyed in the fire." |
| The damping-down operation could last well into the evening, Mr Staniland added. | The damping-down operation could last well into the evening, Mr Staniland added. |
| Investigations into the cause of the fire were likely to continue into next week, he said. | Investigations into the cause of the fire were likely to continue into next week, he said. |
| Eyewitness Iftica Ahmed, a taxi driver who was taking passengers from Doncaster to Scunthorpe at the time of the fire, said he was "completely amazed" at the scene. | |
| "On the way back I could feel the heat. It was as if there were lots of fireflies in the air. I felt like I could have singed my hair on the flying pieces of ash. | |
| "Driving back on the M18 it lit up the sky. The reflection of the flames was so strong it made the clouds glow orange. It was almost like sunrise." |