East Belfast: Fire burning at recycling site

Firefighters remain at the scene of a large blaze at a recycling site in east Belfast. Flames and plumes of black smoke could be seen emerging from the area in the city's Titanic Quarter on Sunday afternoon. The fire is at the Clearway metal recycling business in East Twin Road, according to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS). Area Commander David Harbinson said about 75 firefighters were dealing with the blaze at its peak. The NIFRS said it is working to extinguish a "large quantity of scrap metal", approximately 50m by 50m, at the recycling site. A total of nine pumping appliances, an aerial appliance and a high volume pump were engaged in the firefighting operations on Sunday. Crews used a high volume pump to spray water to the fire. The NIFRS said there have been no reported injuries and all people are accounted for. By 22:30 BST on Sunday NIFRS said it had scaled back operations, but crews are still on site on Monday. Harbinson told BBC News NI on Sunday evening that he expected NIFRS was going to be at the scene for another number of hours. "We had approximately 2,500 tonnes of scrap metal went alight, so very difficult conditions," he said. "Radiated heat f