bloody massive
half the sky is black cloud over Brum
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from my bedroom window
Fires seem to be dominating the news today.
That doesn't look good, Pirate, I hope nobody has been hurt.
keep safe pirate 
Firefighters tackling a blaze involving 100,000 tonnes of plastic recycling material and a factory unit say it is the largest fire seen in the West Midlands.
The fire service said 200 firefighters were at the scene in Smethwick.
Three firefighters have been taken to hospital after tackling the fire at the Jayplas depot in Dartmouth Road.
Birmingham International Airport has been alerted because a plume of smoke is rising 6,000ft into the air.
There is currently no impact on flights.
The incident is on an industrial estate, but the closest residents are being advised to keep windows closed.
The fire service said Dartmouth Road, Halfords Lane and Brasshouse Lane were closed to traffic and that the fire was likely to cause congestion in the area.
It also urged motorists to avoid junction one of the M5 if possible.
Oh Heck. keep safe pirate.
Luckily I'm not affected although the sky does look very dark in the distance 
Originally Posted by Pengy:
Luckily I'm not affected although the sky does look very dark in the distance
im a few miles away but its still coming over
pretty bad but not as bad as Arizona
19 firefighters killed
some of our lads in hospital though
it was caused by a chinese lantern!
Originally Posted by pirate1111:
it was caused by a chinese lantern!
those things scare me ! My daft neighbour set fire to a tree with one of those a couple of years ago .
scary stuff - I saw this picture and thought it was Arizona
