Firefighters spend second night at landfill site blaze as response scaled back

Firefighters have spent a second night tackling a blaze at a landfill site in Aberdeenshire.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to reports of a fire at Stoneyhill Quarry at Longhaven, near Peterhead, at around 2.15pm on Saturday.

Six appliances and five officers were called to the scene.

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Drone footage from the scene showed a large plume of smoke rising from buildings at the landfill site.

On Monday morning, SFRS said four appliances were still at the scene dampening down hot spots, also, being assisted by a digger to move waste.

A spokesperson said: “There are still appliances there, they are still dampening down.

“A digger is there to assist with the removal of waste.

“That will be the case for the foreseeable today.”

Police have said the fire is not believed to be suspicious and there are no reported injuries.

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Police said the fire is not believed to be suspicious and there are no reported injuries.

Road closures which were put in place have now been lifted.

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