Major travel disruption caused by scrap tyre blaze

A fire involving thousands of tyres in Bradford has caused school closures and travel disruption.

The blaze, in the East Bowling area of the city, began at about 04.30am today. There are no reports of casualties.

Rail services into Bradford Interchange have been cancelled or diverted and roads in the area have been shut.

Train operator Northern Rail tweeted: “A large fire at a go-kart track next to the railway at Bradford Interchange is on fire. Around 8,000 tyres and railway equipment are at risk from the fire which is around 50m from the railway.”