26-06-2025
Ten lorries on fire at waste site in College Road, Epsom
A fire affecting 10 skip lorries at a waste site in Epsom, Surrey, is still being tackled by fire crews after the blaze broke out on Wednesday Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to a business on College Road at about 22:30 BST, with 10 appliances sent to the have been closed at the junctions with Longdown Lane and Reigate are being asked to avoid the area, and police are also at the scene.
Ward councillor and resident Julie Morris told the BBC she heard explosions at about the same time the blaze had been reported to the fire service."It was 10.32 and there were four or five explosions which shook my elderly house," she resident Mark Whiting told BBC Radio Surrey he heard what sounded like "gunshots" as he was watching television."I looked out the window, saw nothing," he said, "then there were some more spread over the next half-hour or so."
