Potters Crouch

The fire is believed to have started on Sunday but Wednesday morning the fire service was called out to Appspond Lane in Potters Crouch again because smoke was seen coming from a pile of wood located near an electricity pylon. A spokesperson for the ...

Firefighters have returned to a waste yard in St Albans where a major blaze took three months to put out in 2012. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue has been called to a waste site in Appspond Lane this morning. Spokesman for the fire service Alison Mully ...

A recycling centre which was on fire for three months is to shut after its licence to operate was withdrawn. The blaze at Wood Recycling Services (WRS) in Potters Crouch, near St Albans, began on 10 November. It was finally put out in February and the ...

A fire at a wood recycling centre near St Albans, which has burned for nine days, could have been started by a firework, site operators say. Firefighters first attended the blaze at Wood Recycling Services (WRS) in Potters Crouch, on 10 November.

Blazes erupted at Glinwell Nursery in Smallford and Wood Recycling Services in Potters Crouch within 12 hours of each other last weekend. Around 10,000 tonnes of recycled wood caught fire in Appspond Lane just after midnight on Saturday, while wooden ...

A spokesman for Herts county council (HCC) said he was unsure how long firefighters would remain at Wood Recycling Services on Appspond Lane, Potters Crouch, St Albans. The fire is still having an impact on motorists, who are struggling with lengthy ...