Black smoke shoots into air from industrial site

The moment when a huge blaze broke out on a Cambridgeshire industrial site, close to the main London-Edinburgh train line, has been caught on camera.

Fire crews were called to Biffa's waste management transfer station in St Neots at 10:52 BST on Tuesday.

More than 25 firefighters, including crews from Bedfordshire, were called to the scene, with video footage posted on social media showing a big plume of black smoke pouring into the air.

Network Rail said the incident was "monitored closely, but there was no impact on the safe running of trains". No-one was injured in the blaze.

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