Overview
- An industrial blaze that broke out overnight Saturday at a waste processing yard on Tenax Road in Trafford Park involved a large pile of scrap metal.
- Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service sent ten fire engines and specialist kit, using the Scorpion high-reach nozzle, a turntable ladder, two jets, and six ground monitors.
- By late Saturday morning, station manager Tony Morgan said the incident was under control and that smoke was no longer affecting nearby areas.
- Officials reported all site staff accounted for with no injuries, and roads that closed overnight were reopened with support from Trafford Council and highways teams.
- Residents in Trafford and Salford had reported a strong plastic smell and were told to keep windows shut during the night, in a second major Trafford Park fire in just over a week after the April 24 Broadoak Business Park blaze.