Fire: Mansfield Town Centre Fire at a plastics factory in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
5 hours, [and then overnight damping down]
More than 80 firefighters from across the region raced to the scene, with up to 20 appliances deployed from Ashfield, Alfreton, Chesterfield, Shirebrook, Blidworth, Buxton, Nottingham and Mansfield.
It was a big one. 100 residents evacuated to the local community centre because of the risk of the buildings collapse, and the possible effects of the acrid smoke.
I took a number of photos at the scene, then, went up to high ground in a public park, south of Mansfield. and took another set. These from about 1 1/2 miles from town centre.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/3595144.stm
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