• Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Subscribe
  • Free Newsletter
  • My account
  • Log In
Tyrepress
  • 0Shopping Cart
  • NewsNews
    • Latest News
    • All Headlines
    • Company News
    • UK News
    • Product News
    • International News
    • Retreading
    • Career Tracks
    • Motorsport
    • Video
    • Tyrepress Videos
  • Data
    • Leading Tyre Manufacturers
    • Leading Retailers (UK)
    • Social Media Ranking
    • Online Branding
    • Brand Finance rankings
    • Blue Light Fleet Analysis
    • Astutus Research analysis
    • Premium Report
  • Features
    • Tyre Industry Conference 2020
    • Online Tyre Business 2020
    • Aftermarket 2020
    • Tyre Recycling 2020
    • Kick-starting your business webinar May 2020
  • Business Directory
    • Browse Entries
    • List Your Company on the Business Directory
  • Jobs
    • Situations vacant
    • Career Tracks
  • Classifieds
  • Magazine
    • Latest Issue
    • Read Tyres & Accessories Magazine online
    • Magazine Archive
  • Shop
    • Subscription Shop
    • Report Shop
    • Directory Shop
  • About
    • Company Profile
    • Media Information
    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • Legal
    • Contact Us
  • Search
  • Menu
You are here: Home1 / Bradford

Posts

Police arrest two in connection with Bradford fire

UK News

Two people described as a 59-year old man and a 48-year old woman from Harrogate have been arrested in connection with the Bradford tyre fire. The Bradford Telegraph & Argus reports they were detained on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson, and that both have been released on bail following police interviews. Detective Superintendent Sarah Jones of Bradford District Police told the paper that the investigation is “in its early stages,” but assured the local community, which continues to be disrupted by the fire, that “any criminal acts will be appropriately dealt with.” She appealed for those with information about the fire to assist the police with their enquiries. If any of our readers have any information, they can contact Bradford District CID on 101 quoting crime reference 13200575916, or pass information to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

The rest of this article is for subscribers only:
Log inSubscribe

Related news:

  1. Suspected illegal storage at Bradford tyre fire site reported in July
  2. End exemptions to prevent future incidents – TRA reacts to Bradford tyre fire
  3. Bradford tyre fire contained
  4. 8000 tyres ‘at risk’ in Bradford fire
19th November 2020/by Andrew

End exemptions to prevent future incidents – TRA reacts to Bradford tyre fire

UK News
Network Rail Air Ops team

The tyre fire started in the early hours of Monday morning in Bradford continued to cause disruption in the local area as thirteen schools were forced to remain closed on Tuesday. Trains remained unable to access the city’s Interchange and thick smoke reached as far away as neighbouring city Leeds, as the severe effects of the fire continued into a second day despite its containment by fire crews. A previous occupant of the site, karting charity OnTrack, confirmed to the Telegraph & Argos that it had removed “everything” it owned when it left Spring Mill Street in mid-2019. Considering the Environment Agency (EA) was probing potentially illegal activity at the site in July 2020, evidence is building that the waste tyres fuelling the blaze were stored improperly. Tyres & Accessories asked Peter Taylor, the secretary general of the Tyre Recovery Association, who warned of the dangers of a rise in non-compliant stockpiling earlier in the year, whether the incident shows that changes are needed in the way regulations governing waste tyre storage are enforced.

The rest of this article is for subscribers only:
Log inSubscribe

Related news:

  1. TRA Recycling Day 2016 pursues professional collective approach
  2. Could Covid impact lead to widespread ‘dead-end’ stockpiling of waste tyres?
  3. Nearly 50% exemption-holding end-of-life tyre collector sites non-compliant
  4. Suspected illegal storage at Bradford tyre fire site reported in July
17th November 2020/by Andrew

Suspected illegal storage at Bradford tyre fire site reported in July

UK News
Northern Rail

The site of the Bradford tyre fire which broke out in the early hours of 16 November causing disruption to the local area was investigated earlier in 2020 by the Environment Agency. Local newspaper the Telegraph & Argos reported on 14 July that a local resident had reported the former Ontrak karting circuit to the EA’s Incident Hotline, and that the agency had subsequently started a probe. Go-kart circuits are permitted to use up to 40 tonnes of waste tyres as crash barriers if they obtain the relevant exemption permit. However, pictures taken by the Telegraph & Argos in July also show high stacks of baled tyres that do not resemble karting safety walls. Tyres & Accessories searched the EA’s Public Registers of Waste Exemptions and Environmental Permits but found no evidence of permits or either the S2 or T8 permits required to legally store waste tyres registered to the former circuit’s address. Meanwhile, the site’s owner, Jak Yakoob of used car dealer The Car Empire, which backs onto the tyre fire site, told the Telegraph & Argos in July that the site’s new tenant had agreed to clear the waste tyres from the site. The EA’s spokesman said its officers were investigating the Spring Mill Street site’s operators and were “seeking to determine if an offence has been committed so that appropriate enforcement action may be taken.”

The rest of this article is for subscribers only:
Log inSubscribe

Related news:

  1. End exemptions to prevent future incidents – TRA reacts to Bradford tyre fire
  2. Bradford tyre fire contained
  3. TRA Recycling Day 2016 pursues professional collective approach
  4. Could Covid impact lead to widespread ‘dead-end’ stockpiling of waste tyres?
16th November 2020/by Andrew

Bradford tyre fire contained

UK News
Network Rail Air Ops team

The largescale tyre fire near Bradford interchange has been contained, but disruption is set to continue into a second day (17 November 2020).

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue report that they have now contained the fire after deploying over 100 firefighters, 15 appliances and two aerial units.

The rest of this article is for subscribers only:
Log inSubscribe

Related news:

  1. Suspected illegal storage at Bradford tyre fire site reported in July
  2. End exemptions to prevent future incidents – TRA reacts to Bradford tyre fire
  3. TRA Recycling Day 2016 pursues professional collective approach
  4. Could Covid impact lead to widespread ‘dead-end’ stockpiling of waste tyres?
16th November 2020/by Chris

8000 tyres ‘at risk’ in Bradford fire

UK News
Northern Rail

A tyre fire in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire has resulted in the closure of the 11 neighbouring streets, as well as significant travel disrupted on the nearby rail line and the closure of a local school, Bronte Girl’s Academy. While the fire started early on 16 November, as of 9:00am, around 100 firefighters remained at the scene.

The rest of this article is for subscribers only:
Log inSubscribe

Related news:

  1. Fire at Goodyear Dunlop’s UK headquarters site
  2. TRA Recycling Day 2016 pursues professional collective approach
  3. Hankook stocks hit in factory fire
  4. Hankook promotes Brett Emerson to UK managing director
16th November 2020/by Chris

Advert Location: 3

Advert Location: 10

Advert Location: 3

Popular Articles Today

Advert Location: 10

Advert Location: 11

© 2020 - Tyrepress
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • WhatTyre
  • Reifenpresse
  • PneusNews
Scroll to top