Firefighters continue to tackle blaze at Staffordshire industrial unit
Fire crews are continuing to fight a blaze at an industrial unit in Staffordshire after around seven tons of metal caught fire.
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Staff were evacuated as the fire ripped through the unit at JBM Limited on Hixon Industrial Estate, near Stafford, on Monday morning.
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Firefighters have now left the scene, but were due to carry out re-inspections later today.
They are using a digger to carefully remove small amounts from the pile and cooling the individual amounts using specialist foam.
Footage from the scene of the blaze:
Investigations are still under way into what caused the fire, but is believed to have started after aluminium magnesium alloys were caused to self-combust.
