2013 Smethwick fire
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At around 11pm on the night of 30 June 2013, a sky lantern landed on a Jayplas plastics and paper recycling plant on Dartmouth Road, near to the West Bromwich Albion football ground, at Smethwick, Wes
Aftermath, seen on 2 July 2013
The fire seen from the West Midlands Police helicopter
West Midlands Fire Service
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West Midlands Fire Service is the fire and rescue service for the metropolitan county of West Midlands, England. The service has 38 fire stations, with a blended fleet of vehicles and specialist resou
2013 Smethwick fire
…football ground, at Smethwick, West Midlands, England, igniting the material stored there. The resulting fire was the largest ever dealt with by the West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS), who deployed over 200 firefighters and nearly 40 appliances, including seven appliances borrowed from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service and…
The service's original headquarters, Birmingham Central Fire Station, seen in 2005
WMFS response vehicles and a pump appliance outside West Bromwich Community Fire Station in April 2025