Scrap yard fire, Cheston Road, Aston

Crews remain at the scene, working to prevent the fire from spreading and extinguish it.

The fire involves around 150 tonnes of scrap metal.

A member of our specialist drone team has also attended the incident to deploy one of our fire service drones to give our crews an aerial perspective, further assisting their efforts and planning.

Colleagues from the police and ambulance service had initially attended the incident but have since left the scene.

Our crews continue to make good progress at this incident.

A total of 8 jets are in use, alongside our hydraulic platform, to damp down the scrap metal piles affected by fire.

One of our fire service drones is on site and providing imagery to our officers at the scene.

On site diggers are assisting our teams by moving scrap metal to aid access to deep seated pockets of fire.

See our drone footage from the scene in our post below.

Crews are expected to be at the scene for some time, however, the fire is contained. A further update will be issued during daylight hours.

Drone footage, from our specialist team, shows our firefighters on the scene at the incident in Aston, working with on-site diggers to extinguish the fire.
We expect to be in attendance for several more hours, but the fire is contained. Read more: https://t.co/MOAOvht8z6 pic.twitter.com/NVOfniwDwp

— West Midlands Fire Service (@WestMidsFire) June 3, 2023

Crews made good progress through the night. The incident was scaled down in the early hours, with the bulk of our resources being released between 3am and 4am.

Revisits have been conducted since, and will be during the day today, to check for hot spots and damp down.

The cause is thought to be accidental.