Residents urged to keep windows closed due to smoke from landfill fire affecting parts of Wrexham

Residents are being urged to keep their windows and doors closed due to smoke from a large fire affecting parts of Wrexham.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called to the blaze at the Hafod Quarry landfill site at 7:13pm last night and remain in attendance today.

Latest drone video (thanks Das!) of the fire service still damping down the Johnstown landfill site this afternoon https://t.co/BD04YHrURK pic.twitter.com/iPBgPKo0Tk

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Crews from Johnstown, Wrexham, Llangollen, Ellesmere, Chirk and Llangollen, together with an incident command unit, were mobilised to Hafod Quarry landfill in Ruabon.

A spokesperson for the fire service said last night that around 1,000 square metres of the landfill site affected.

Residents living in and around the area of Bangor Road, Ruabon, were advised to keep all windows and doors closed due to toxic fumes as firefighters tackled the fire last night.

This morning North Wales Fire and Rescue Service have warned that firefighters dealing with the ongoing incident are advising residents that the wind direction has now changed and smoke will now be affecting parts of Wrexham town centre.

The cause of the incident will be subject to investigation in due course.

Jeff Hall, Incident Commander at the incident, said: “The nature of this fire is such that we expect to remain in attendance at the site for some time, probably for the next 24 hours.

“We are working on a multi-agency basis with our partners at National Resources Wales, Wrexham County Borough Council and North Wales Police to ensure the incident is brought under control and to protect local residents.”

Cllr Hugh Jones, Lead Member for Communities, Partnerships, Public Protection and Community Safety at Wrexham Council, said: “Our Public Protection Officers have been working closely with Natural Resources Wales who are the lead authority and will continue to do so as the incident progresses.”

“It is important that residents stay in doors and keep all windows and doors closed.”

You can read our initial coverage of the fire from last night, here.