Warning to residents after Derbyshire scrapyard fire

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Old Whittington fireImage source, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
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The fire service is warning residents to keep windows closed

Residents are being warned to keep windows closed as firefighters tackle a blaze at a scrapyard.

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to Armytage Industrial Estate on Station Road in Old Whittington, near Chesterfield, at 06:10 GMT on Monday.

Eight fire engines, a water carrier and a command unit are at the site bringing the fire under control, a spokesman said.

No injuries have been reported.

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Firefighters were called to the site on Monday morning

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