Firefighters attended a blaze at a Tyneside recycling and waste plant for the second time in five weeks.
The fire broke out inside a 70 by 30 metre building used to process waste in North Shields.
Around 40 firefighters were called to the site a little after 2pm on 1 May. It took around four hours to get under control, with the main building severely damaged by fire, smoke and heat. Crews managed to contain the fire spread, but an adjoining two-storey office suffered smoke damage.
The plant, owned by Sita UK, was used by the public to dispose of household waste and recycling. Determining exactly how the fire started was difficult because the waste comes from “anywhere”, a spokesman at Tyneside and Wear Fire and Rescue service said.
The fire is not being treated as suspicious.
In March a fire at the centre took six hours to bring under control.
