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The fire devastated J&A Young's plant. Photo source: BBC

Lantern ignites major fire at UK plant

A major fire has devastated the J&A Young (Jayplas) recycling plant near Birmingham, UK, where 100,000 tonnes of plastics material was ignited by a Chinese lantern, according to sources.

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