Fire at Gloucestershire recycling plant costs firm £25k

A fire at a waste recycling company has cost the Gloucestershire-based firm £25,000, it has been revealed. Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue service was called to the A1 Green Recycling depot at Sharpness docks at 11.50am on January 9th after staff noticed smoke billowing from a waste material sorting shed, reports the Gazette Series. Crews managed to extinguish the flames after several hours but owner Fred Booy revealed that the firm could not reopen for four days after the incident. When loss of business and repair costs are considered, Mr Booy estimates the fire cost the company £25,000.

He told the news provider: "We had to pay to get RID of most of the waste material that was here. Usually we sort it and sell it on to different premises but it all had to go straight to the tip and because of the water they used it weighed more."