Blaze started after shredder explodes.
A fire that broke out at a demolition yard in Colmworth this afternoon could burn for several days yet, according to the company which owns the site.
A total of 47 firefighters are continuing to tackle the inferno which started at ABC Demolition in Mill Road, Colmworth, at around 1.06 pm today.
Bedfordshire on Sunday understands that the blaze is the result of 500 tonnes of shredded timber catching fire after a shredding machine blew up. During the explosion the conveyor belt from the machine flipped over and landed on a large pile of wood.
Operations manager at the wood recycling firm, George Devlin told BoS: “We had the shredder going in the back and another one on demonstration, we turned them off and went for a cup of tea. The next thing we knew it had just exploded.
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