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Black smoke seen rising near Preston Docks
Posted on - 24th January, 2019 - 4:30pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston News, Riversway
A large plume of smoke can be seen drifting across Preston Docks on Thursday (24 January) afternoon.
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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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