Firefighters tackle blaze at cement works
Firefighters from across the the region were called to a fire which broke out at a cement works in Rugby, one of the country’s largest producers of building materials.
Crews were called to Cemex UK, on Lawford Road, at about 02:00 GMT where the fire had spread across three floors in a 70m tower.
The plant, which employs 180 people, said nobody was injured and the fire would not impact its operations.
The fire has since been extinguished.
Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire is believed to have been caused by a machine fault relating to a “feeding belt” carrying materials in the cement works.
About 50 firefighters from Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, and West Midlands fire services tackled the fire, which had spread across the second, third and fourth floors.
