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Firemen battle fierce blaze in Avon Industrial
A front end loader has been deployed to shift waste paper stacks, in a bid to minimise further damage.
Firemen are currently battling against a fierce blaze, fanned by strong wind, in the Avon Industrial area.
Columns of black smoke are billowing up from a waste paper recycling plant. Witnesses said the adjacent veld caught fire and flames had spread rapidly to the stacks of waste paper at the premises. A front end loader has been deployed to shift the remaining waste paper stacks, in a bid to minimise further damage.
No one has been reported injured.
Watch footage from the scene below:
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