Huge fire rips through West Bromwich firm
[gallery]A West Bromwich business has been left counting the cost after fire ripped through its premises overnight.
About 60 firefighters were called to BCR Global Textiles on Greets Green Road about 2am this morning.
The 10 crews battled the blaze for many hours and were still dampening down the flames early this morning.
About 50 per cent of the recycling unit has been destroyed.
Operations commander Carl Shaffrey said: "Our focus is on protecting the businesses and the economic well-being of Sandwell.
"Due to the nature of the textiles involved and the partial collapse of the roof, firefighters will be working on site to fully extinguish the fire for much of the day."
Mr Shaffrey added that, thanks to "aggressive fire fighting" a nearby chemical processing plant had been saved.
The cause of the fire is not known but Mr Shaffrey said investigators would be on the scene this morning.
