Channel Islands Live: 3 August

Summary

Fire at Guernsey Recycling
--- Electrical equipment container on fire
--- Smoke seen from Herm and Jersey
Alderney review could result in seatbelt law
Tamba Park owner to appeal planning decision
Updates for Friday 3 August 2018

Live Reporting

Smoke 'does not contain chemicals'published at 13:29 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Guernsey's Environmental Health says the smoke from the fire in St Sampson "does not contain chemicals".
They've advised anyone who lives in the area to stay inside and close all doors and windows.
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Airport fire engine to help tackle blazepublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Guernsey Airport has sent one of their fire engines to help tackle the blaze at Guernsey Recycling in St Sampson.
The truck was accompanied by a police escort.
Image source, Chris Russell
Norman Piette closes due to smoke from firepublished at 13:03 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Construction firm Norman Piette has closed for the afternoon due to the large firm in St Sampson.
The company has sent its employees home due to worries over smoke inhalation.
Large parts of the site are open to the elements.
Large Guernsey fire 'active but contained'published at 12:01 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Fire crews remain at the site of a large fire in Guernsey.
Nineteen firefighters are tackling the blaze at Guernsey Recycling.
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Firefighters likely to be at blaze site 'all day'published at 11:52 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
A large fire in Guernsey is now under control but the smoke - which can be seen all the way from Jersey - is still billowing down Bulwer Avenue and towards St Peter Port.
Nineteen firefighters are currently at Guernsey Recycling.
Pierre Laine, from Guernsey Fire and Rescue, said they're likely to be there all day...
Islanders advised to stay insidepublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
Anyone effected by the smoke from the fire in St Sampson is being asked to stay inside their property and close their doors and windows.
The warning comes from Guernsey's Environmental Health.
Firefighters bring 'substantial fire' under controlpublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Firefighters in Guernsey have brought a "substantial fire" at Guernsey Recycling, on Bulwer Avenue, under control but could be on site for the rest of the day.
A spokesman for Guernsey Police said: "Our advice to businesses in the area is to stay indoors for the time being until the smoke clears a bit more."
Bulwer Avenue has been closed from the junction of Grande Maison Road to the bridge and the Guernsey Recycling Centre has also been closed.
Thick black smoke is still rising into the air and has been seen from Herm and Jersey. Earlier small bangs could be heard coming from the fire.
Police have been managing crowds of people who have congregated near the bridge to watch the fire.
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St Sampson's fire: The view from Jerseypublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
A large fire in St Sampson, Guernsey, can been seen 23 miles (37km) away from the air traffic control tower at Jersey Airport.
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Fire plume reaches St Martin's Pointpublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
The smoke from the large fire off Bulwer Avenue has drifted down the east coast of the island.
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Fire at a recycling centre seen across Guernsey.
Fire service battles giant blaze in St Sampson'spublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Bulwer Avenue closed due to large firepublished at 10:50 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Bulwer Avenue in St Sampson has been closed in both directions due to the fire at Guernsey Recycling, according to Guernsey Fire and Rescue.
The fire was thought to have started in a container.
Guernsey Recycling has also been closed as a precaution.
Image source, Sergejs Filimonovs
St Sampson fire: Traffic diverted in the areapublished at 10:47 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
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Parking pay app back up and runningpublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
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Waste centre closed due to firepublished at 10:37 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
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Turntable ladder deployed to large blazepublished at 10:35 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
The Guernsey Fire and Rescue turntable ladder has been deployed to the large fire at a recycling site in St Sampson.
It joins four other fire engines at the scene which are tackling the blaze involving electrical equipment in a container.
No casualties have been reported and there has been no impact on traffic.
Two more fire engines join St Sampson's fire fightpublished at 10:14 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
Two more fire engines have been deployed to the fire at the Guernsey Recycling in St Sampson - bringing the total to four.
Stop go boards are in place along Bulwer Avenue to control the traffic.
Electrical equipment container on firepublished at 10:03 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
BBC Radio Guernsey
Guernsey firefighters are tackling a large fire at the Guernsey Recycling on Bulwer Avenue.
The emergency services say a container of electrical equipment is on fire.
No casualties have been reported.
Officers say there's no impact on traffic in the area, but air traffic control has been notified as the large plumes of smoke could interfere with the flight path of aircraft.
Jersey parking app 'having a moment'published at 09:45 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
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Fire at recycling centre in Guernseypublished at 09:43 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
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Firefighters are tackling a blaze at the Guernsey Recycling, in Bulwer Avenue, St Sampson.
The Fire and Rescue Service has urged people not to call them as crews are at the scene.
More to follow.
Dignity bags to replace bin bags for patients belongingspublished at 09:32 British Summer Time 3 August 2018
Special "dignity bags" are being made available for families of patients who die at Jersey's General Hospital or government run care homes.
The health service says it is not unusual for belongings to be given back to families in a plastic bag or bin liner and so this is a more sensitive solution.
The bags are being funded by the Chaplaincy Chapel Fund.
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We hope the [butterfly] symbol will become widely recognised within the hospitals, Rosewood House and Sandybrook Nursing Home, as a sensitive way of highlighting to staff and visitors that someone is bereaved.
Julie le Long, Staff nurse, Jersey General Hospital