Firefighters from Newton Abbot were called in to help put out a fire at a recycling and landfill site in Exmouth.

Crews from Newton Abbot, Danes Castle and Exmouth were sent to reports of smoke issuing from a full recycling trailer, full of mixed waste yesterday afternoon, Tuesday.

A Fire Control spokesperson said: ‘Crews arrived on scene and got to work to extinguish a deep-seated fire within the waste.

‘Crews used six main jets, four breathing apparatus, compressed air foam, a thermal imaging camera and two ladders to put the fire out.’