Arthur’s Skip Hire sends message to Sheffield customers after huge waste fire

Fire crews including six fire engines were called at 9.50pm last night to Arthur's Waste Management on Parkwood Road, Neepsend last night after a number of piles of waste caught fire and sent plumes of thick, black smoke through the city.

Firefighters worked overnight to battle the blaze and a spokesman for the fire service said this morning shortly before 6.30am that it still had one main jet and one ground monitor in use, meaning ‘extensive firefighting activities’ were ongoing.

A spokesperson for Arthur’s Waste Management posted an update on the fire on the welfare of workers on social media this morning.

The wrote: “Everyone will have no doubt seen the terrible images from last night. I can assure you that everyone is safe and well and, not trying to play down the incident in any way, the pictures posted actually made things look worse than they were.

“We are open for business today and hope to be delivering and collecting skips as usual but please can I ask for everyone’s patience at this difficult time while we try to work our way through the aftermath of last nights fire.”

The cause remains unknown but SYFR said an investigation would take place once the fire is extinguished.

Parts of Neepsend Lane and Hoyland Road remain closed due to the fire.