FIRE crews remain at the scene of the Waterston recycling centre blaze after tackling the fire all night. Fire broke out at around 2pm on Sunday (Aug 14).
One hundred firefighters have been working at the scene of the fire, with three crews still on scene on the morning of August 15.
Significant smoke has been billowing from the scene of the fire and residents in several nearby towns and villages have been told to keep windows and doors closed, and remain indoors until further notice.
A large storage unit has been destroyed by the fire, which spread to an adjacent waste recycling centre. Crews are working to extinguish the fire at both locations and mitigate further spread.
No one has been injured, and no adverse effects have been reported in the area.
The fire brigade said that there are no particular concerns for any nearby dwellings and therefore no evacuations are being considered at this time.
Senior officers on scene are liaising with Natural Resources Wales, Welsh Ambulance Service Trust, Dyfed-Powys Police, Pembrokeshire County Council and local contractors to establish a plan to extinguish the fire in the next few days.
In a statement issued on Sunday evening, Chief Fire Officer Roger Thomas, who attended the scene said: “Crews have worked extremely hard tackling the fire in hot and challenging conditions, to mitigate against the effects to the environment and from a public health perspective. Crews are also attending a large grass fire in Newgale, meaning approximately 20 appliances have been in attendance in the area tackling fires. This has placed a great deal of strain on our local resources.”
TBS posted on Facebook saying: “Massive, massive thank you to all the local communities, fire departments, businesses, farmers, contractors and land owners, who all pulled together to provide water from their ponds, irigation ponds, use of their fields, tractors and bowsers.
“To all the staff, friends and family for your dedication and relentless professionalism, in monitoring our yard from yesterday afternoon to early hours this morning.
“We cannot be more grateful to be part of the farming and local community to see Pembrokeshire all come together.
“We are truly devastated.”
