There is a total of up to 70 Firefighters and Officers in attendance.
12 Fire crews are fighting a blaze at a waste recycling plant
The Fire Service are currently dealing with a large incident at Sunningdale Road in Leicester.
Local residents around Kirby Fields, Braunstone and Braunstone Frith are advise to keep windows and doors closed.
The fire service were called just after 8pm tonight.
The roads surrounding the incident have been closed by the police.
Updated 22:15 incident information.
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue service have confirmed that 12 Appliances from across the county, a Command Support Vehicle, a Welfare Unit and Incident Support Unit is in attendance.
Calls to recycling centre sorting machine involved in fire within Factory.
4 appliances initially attended incident.
Upon arrival crews asked for further assistance of 8 appliances to make appliances 12. Further assistance from Command Support.
Incident is sectorised and in Sector 1 there are 4 firefighters wearing breathing apparatus using 1 hose-reel jet and 2 main jets.
Second sector there is 2 firefighters wearing breathing apparatus using 1 hose-reel jet and 1 main jet.
There is a total of up to 70 Firefighters and Officers in attendance.
A Public Statement has been Issued:
People in area please keep windows and doors closed. Areas affected, Braunstone, Kirby Fields, Braunstone Frith and Leicester Forest East.
Updated News 07:30am
The fire is has been extinguish overnight and the Police remains at the site this morning.
Information from Fire service.
Incident scaled back to 1 appliance. Firefighters monitoring scene checking for any fire spread and looking for hotspots.
The cause of the fire Is now under investigation.
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