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'Significant' Meriden waste depot blaze fought by 50 firefighters
About 50 firefighters have been dealing with a fire at a waste were called to a "significant fire" that had spread across three-quarters of the large building in Meriden, West Midlands Fire Service fire engines, two 4x4 vehicles and a hydraulic aerial platform were still at the fire off Cornets End Lane at 18:00 BST on Monday, with a specialist high volume water pumping fire service said the blaze broke out just after 16:00 BST and there were no reports of anyone being hurt.
Fire teams were working hard to protect the rest of the building, which was about 80m (260ft) by 40m (130ft), and liaising closely with on-site staff, a fire service spokesman said.
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