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
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
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
West Midlands Fire Service
…trends in fire causes. This information is vital when undertaking targeted initiatives and campaigns relating to the education of fire safety awareness. 2013 Smethwick fire – 35-pump fire, 50,000 tonnes of plastic and Jayplas plastics and paper recycling plant on fire, sparked by a Chinese lantern. 2026 Stourbridge Wildfire…
Aftermath, seen on 2 July 2013
The fire seen from the West Midlands Police helicopter