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| Sittingbourne recycling plant fire prompts smoke alert | Sittingbourne recycling plant fire prompts smoke alert |
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| Smoke is billowing over Sittingbourne from a fire at an electrical recycling centre, where 10 fire engines are tackling the blaze. | Smoke is billowing over Sittingbourne from a fire at an electrical recycling centre, where 10 fire engines are tackling the blaze. |
| The blaze, in Gas Road in the Milton Regis area, broke out just after 08:00 BST, Kent Fire and Rescue Service said. | The blaze, in Gas Road in the Milton Regis area, broke out just after 08:00 BST, Kent Fire and Rescue Service said. |
| Witnesses have described seeing thick black smoke billowing over the town and an area of the site ablaze. | Witnesses have described seeing thick black smoke billowing over the town and an area of the site ablaze. |
| Residents have been advised to keep windows and doors shut as a precaution because of the large amount of smoke. | Residents have been advised to keep windows and doors shut as a precaution because of the large amount of smoke. |
| 'Sun blocked out' | 'Sun blocked out' |
| The fire service said two men believed to be in their 20s had been treated at the scene after inhaling smoke and taken to hospital by ambulance. | The fire service said two men believed to be in their 20s had been treated at the scene after inhaling smoke and taken to hospital by ambulance. |
| At the height of the incident, about 50 firefighters were at the scene, but the blaze was brought under control by about 13:00 BST and being tackled with compressed air foam. | |
| Resident Rodney Clark said the smoke was black and acrid and smelt of burning electrical equipment. | Resident Rodney Clark said the smoke was black and acrid and smelt of burning electrical equipment. |
| He said the plume blocked out the sun for a while and people near the scene could hear things inside the plant exploding. | He said the plume blocked out the sun for a while and people near the scene could hear things inside the plant exploding. |
| The clouds of smoke were coming out of the recycling centre's extractor fans and from the eaves of the building, he added. | The clouds of smoke were coming out of the recycling centre's extractor fans and from the eaves of the building, he added. |