Three fires during bin rounds spark warning from council

Residents in Leeds have been warned of the dangers of binning batteries and hot ash from barbecues after three separate fires began during refuse collections.

- by Charles Gray

Waste crews were carrying out collections in Burmantofts, Armley and Middleton during the last week when smoke started emerging from the back of their wagons.

In each case the crews pulled over and were advised by the fire service to tip the smouldering waste on to the road to enable it to be safely extinguished.