Fire fighters tackle smouldering woodchip at UPM paper mill Shotton – Deeside
This article is old - Published: Wednesday, Dec 18th, 2013
Fire fighters from Deeside, Flint and Wrexham have been fighting a fire in a 7000 ton pile of woodchip within the grounds of UPM Shotton , zone 4 of Deeside Industrial estate.
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Three fire engines, a turntable ladder and the incident command centre are all at the scene of the blaze.
North Wales Fire and Rescue – stock image
The fire is away from the main buildings and the UPM facility appears to be functioning normally.
Firecrews damp down thousands of tonnes of woodchips as they try and put fire out at UPM in #Deeside @dailypostwales pic.twitter.com/v4C5PQ56uY
— Samantha Yarwood (@samyarwood89) December 18, 2013
