Conveyer unit carrying sugar pulp catches fire at British Sugar's Bury St Edumds factory

Newmarket Fire Station said 1.5 tonnes of sugar pulp had caught fire

Chris Brayford
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"Access was difficult and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus worked to extinguish the flames." (Newmarket Fire Station)
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"Access was difficult and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus worked to extinguish the flames." (Newmarket Fire Station)

A sugar pulp conveyer unit has caught fire at British Sugar's Bury St Edmunds. Firefighters from Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the factory on Monday (September 16) at 11.40pm...

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