Dramatic pictures show firefighters at the scene of the  blaze at Balby Carr Bank recycling site, this evening. PIcture: South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue ServiceDramatic pictures show firefighters at the scene of the  blaze at Balby Carr Bank recycling site, this evening. PIcture: South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Dramatic pictures show firefighters at the scene of the blaze at Balby Carr Bank recycling site, this evening. PIcture: South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Dramatic picture gallery reveals scale of recycling site blaze at Balby Carr Bank, Doncaster, tonight

These dramatic pictures reveal the size and scale of the blaze at a South Yorkshire recycling site tonight.

Firefighers were called to the scene at just after 5.15pm this evening, and were still there at 11.30pm, but hoping to reduce the number of fire engines soon.

They have been tackling a large blaze at a waste recycling site at Balby Carr Bank, Balby, Doncaster.

The pictures, from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, show close up how the firecrews are fighting the flames. and pictures from readers show how big the plumes of flame have been in pictures taken from a distance away.