Firefighters tackle Duckmanton landfill blaze

Four fire crews, Chesterfield, and Bolsover and two from Staveley, were called out this morning at 6.45am to Markham Lane, Duckmanton.

A witness said the fire was at the landfill near Duckmanton which was ablaze.

A Derbyshire Fire and Rescue spokesman said: “We used three hose reel jets to extinguish a large fire in the open on Markham Lane, at a land fill.

“The fire is now out, stop message was received at 10:18am.”