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Fire at Doncaster pallet yard made 'clouds glow orange' | |
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A huge fire that destroyed thousands of wooden pallets at a storage yard in Doncaster made the "clouds glow orange", an eyewitness has said. | |
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. |
Eyewitness Iftica Ahmed, a taxi driver, said the fire "lit up the sky". | |
"The reflection of the flames was so strong it made the clouds glow orange. It was almost like sunrise," he said. | |
'Feel the heat' | |
Mr Iftica, who was taking passengers from Doncaster to Scunthorpe on the nearby M18 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." | |
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. |
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. |
No-one is believed to have been hurt. | |