People are being warned not to throw batteries in their waste bins, after a fire in a refuse lorry. The lorry caught alight ...

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service believed the blaze, which started around 08:15 BST in Horton Heath, Eastleigh was caused by ...

However, it believes the fire may have started after barbecue coals, which were still smouldering, or a battery-powered vape was placed in a blue bin during the hot weather.

People are being warned not to throw batteries in their waste bins, after a fire in a refuse lorry. The lorry caught alight at about 08:40 GMT on Minerva Way in Cambridge, the county's fire service ...

About 10 tonnes of rubbish were emptied on to a car park in Nottinghamshire after a bin lorry fire, which is thought to have been sparked by a discarded vape. Broxtowe Borough Council said the ...

Firefighters were scrambled to Goldenhill after the contents of the lorry caught fire this morning (October 12). Images from the scene showed a mound of waste ablaze as it sat on Mobberley Road at ...

FIREFIGHTERS had to put out a bin lorry that was on fire in Christchurch. Emergency services were called to Somerford Road on Thursday afternoon, November 21 where the Veolia bin lorry was ...

Firefighters were called to a bin lorry blaze in Cambridge on Friday morning (March 14). The fire on Minerva Way, King's Hedges, is believed to have been caused by a battery. Footage filmed by ...

People are being warned not to throw batteries in their waste bins, after a fire in a refuse lorry. The lorry caught alight at about 08:40 GMT on Minerva Way in Cambridge, the county's fire ...

However, it believes the fire may have started after barbecue coals, which were still smouldering, or a battery-powered vape was placed in a blue bin during the hot weather.

A spokesperson for the Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Services group said "the lorry was collecting blue bin recycling, ... Battery warning over double bin lorry fire. Published. 27 August 2023.

People are being warned not to throw batteries in their waste bins, after a fire in a refuse lorry. The lorry caught alight at about 08:40 GMT on Minerva Way in Cambridge, the county's fire ...