A large plume of smoke can be seen drifting across Preston Docks on Thursday (24 January) afternoon.
Pictures sent to Blog Preston show the billowing black smoke in the direction of Preston Motor Village.
The fire looks to have started around 4pm.
A spokesman for Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the fire was “a small fire in the open, it took one crew around five minutes to put it out.”
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