Firefighters From Cambridgeshire Fire And Rescue Service Tackle Avoidable Battery Fires

Firefighters from both ends of the county had a busy morning on August 23, 2023, tackling fires caused by incorrect disposal of batteries.A crew from Cambridge was called just after 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning to a fire involving refuse from a lorry on Hauxton Road in Trumpington.Local recycling centerLess than an hour later crews from Dogsthorpe and Stanground were called to a lorry fire in Bretton, Peterborough. Both fires were caused by batteries being discarded in household refuse.Across the