Dimmer Virador landfill fire: Blaze extinguished after five days

One eyewitness took a picture of the blaze at its peak

A large fire at a Somerset landfill site which burned for five days has been put out.

An investigation into the blaze, which broke out on Saturday at the Virador site at Dimmer, has been launched.

The surface fire, which was tackled by 11 fire crews at its height, has now been fully put out and the site capped with soil, the firm said.

A spokeswoman said it would be examining records of what had recently been dumped at the site.