Fires at tips spark warning over batteries

Residents are being reminded to be careful of what they throw away after three fires at tips recently, including one at Spalding.

Remove batteries from toys and keep gas lighters and flammable liquids out of general waste is the message from Lincolnshire County Council, which runs the sites.

John Coates, head of waste at the authority, said: “In the past few days we’ve had fires at Louth, Spalding and Sleaford. One of these was caused by old fire lighting equipment which had been put in a black bin bag in the general waste compactor. Luckily, we spotted it quickly and the fire was extinguished.

“If you have flammable liquid, lighters or gas please just let us know, we will put these in a separate area.”

For more visit https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/recycling-and-waste/