Health risk follows latest in spate of tyre blazes

The blaze was the latest in a spate of fires at a tyre dump at Radiance Road, Wheatley, Doncaster. Firefighters were still dampening down this morning.

The road was sealed off overnight amid fears there were gas canisters near the flames.

A fire service spokesman said the brigade had attended the site four or five times this year.

Members of the Strawberry Island boat club, whose barges and yachts are moored just yards away from the site of the blaze, said the fires were a regular occurrence.

The boat club’s steward Bob Gair said: “It’s a real risk to health, the fumes are disgusting.”

n Four people had to be rescued from a blazing South Yorkshire house after yobs pushed a wheelie bin against the front door and set it on fire.

Firefighters had to lead the trapped residents to safety from an upstairs window during the blaze at Albert Road, Parkgate, Rotherham. All four needed treatment for smoke inhalation.

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