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Smethwick metal fire halts trains out of Birmingham Rail lines open after Smethwick scrapyard fire
(about 14 hours later)
Trains on a railway line out of Birmingham have been stopped due to a fire involving 200 tons of metal. A fire involving 200 tonnes of metal at a scrapyard in Smethwick has been brought under control.
West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the scene in Charles Street, Smethwick, at 17:05 BST where the metal was "well alight". It started in Charles Street near The Hawthorns station at about 17:00 BST on Tuesday, and firefighters spent the night tackling the fire.
They sent crews with 10 pumps to fight the blaze, near The Hawthorns station. Trains out of Birmingham to Stourbridge were cancelled, with tram services in the area also affected.
London Midland tweeted there would be "no train movements permitted until [the] fire dies down" on the line running from New Street to Stourbridge. West Midlands Fire Service said all rail lines had now reopened and it was scaling back the number of units.
The operator said four buses had been laid on to transport passengers from Worcester Shrub Hill to Stourbridge Junction calling at all the service's usual railway stops in between. On Tuesday evening rail operator London Midland laid on buses between Worcester Shrub Hill and Stourbridge Junction, as well as two trains to shuttle passengers between Stourbridge and Worcester Foregate Street.
Two trains have also been brought into service to shuttle passengers between Stourbridge and Worcester Foregate Street. Dean Sattler, 31, was on his way home from work on one of the trams halted by the trackside fire at about 17:50 BST.
Midland Metro tweeted that their trams were not running between The Hawthorns and the Handsworth Booth Street stops. He saw "dark smoke" through the tram window but said other commuters were not panicking, but rather concerned that their journeys had been disrupted.
Dean Sattler, 31, was on his way home from work on one of the trams halted by the track-side fire at about 18:10. West Midlands Police closed Wattville Road while the fire was being tackled.
He saw "dark smoke" through the tram window but said other commuters were "moaning rather than panicking".
West Midlands Police said they had closed Wattville Road at Alfred Street and Booth Street at Downing Street while the fire was being tackled.