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Firefighters tackle huge recycling centre blaze

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The B4091 near the site was closed due to the fire at Total Metal Recovery Ltd, the fire service said

Residents are being urged to keep their windows and doors shut due to smoke coming from a large fire at a recycling plant in Worcestershire.

About 30 firefighters are tackling the blaze at Total Metal Recovery Ltd in Stoke Prior, near Bromsgrove.

Crews were first alerted to the fire at 5:00 BST on Tuesday and station commander Craig Newman said the B4091 that runs past the site had been closed.

No injuries were reported, he added, and the Environment Agency was called to the scene due to the nature of the fire.

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