The company, which sorts and reprocesses paper and plastics at the Enderby facility, raised the alarm for the fire at 12.09 on the afternoon of Monday May 23 after it was identified by a member of staff.
A spokeswoman for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Services told letsrecycle.com that it had been a big incident involving 200 tonnes of baled paper and fire crews had been on site for the past two days.
At the height of the blaze, she said that there had been seven appliances from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service at the scene. No members of staff or the public where injured although there was some property damage.
The spokeswoman said: “The fire was in the paper yard, which was near external buildings and there was 200 tonnes of baled paper involved. A fork lift truck was utilised to remove unaffected bales of paper and to form a fire break.
“An investigation into the fire has been launched and there is one relief appliance still at the site as of this morning (May 25). There has, as yet, been no cause uncovered,” she added.
Full report
Caspepak said it would produce a full report into the cause of the blaze that affected 200 tonnes of baled paper on the afternoon of Monday May 23.
Commenting on the incident, Mark Smith, joint managing director at Casepak, said: “A fire was found at Casepaks paper recycling facility in Enderby, Leicester. The fire service attended and the fire has been extinguished. Fire crews remain on site to dampen down material and to ensure that there is no chance of re-ignition.
“The fire was identified by a member of the Casepak team and the companys fire action plan was instigated immediately. No-one was injured but there was some damage to property.”
The Casepak senior management team has initiated a full report to identify the cause of the fire and will put in place additional risk management measures if needed.
The fire comes as Casepak just started construction on a £21 million materials recycling facility five miles away from the Enderby site at the Braunstone Frith Industrial Estate.
The fire at Casepak’s Enderby site comes nearly exactly one year after plastics recycling firm Eurokey Recycling was hit by a fire at its Enderby facility, which sits opposite the Casepak site on Warren Park Way in the industrial area (see letsrecycle.com story).
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