09-07-2025
Large Wisbech rubbish fire involving cylinders breaks out
Residents were awoken by a loud bang in the early hours of the morning after a large rubbish fire broke out. Crews were called to a blaze in the open between New Drove and Boleness Road in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, at just after 01:40 BST. Firefighters from Wisbech, Thorney, March and neighbouring Norfolk worked to extinguish the blaze, which was said to have involved cylinders. It was thought to have been started deliberately, Cambridgeshire fire service said.
Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.