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Crews tackle refuse lorry fire in Shifnal

Two fire engines were scrambled to a fire in the rubbish section of a refuse truck in Shifnal.

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A fire engine

Crews were sent from Telford Central to Beech Drive at 11.25am, on Thursday, with an operations officer attendance.

They found a refuse lorry with a fire in the rubbish section of the vehicle which was extinguish by fire service personnel on arrival.

Firefighters used a hosereel jet and a thermal imaging camera to deal with the blaze.

The incident was over by 11.52am.

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