Smell the rubberEurope's largest tyre graveyard burns down
http://www.hemmingfire.com/news/categoryfront.php/id/184/Summer_2016.htmlTYRE FIRES THROUGH HISTORY
Over the last 30+ years there have been numerous major tyre fires around the world, several of which have been confirmed as having been intentionally set or with indications of being deliberately provoked.
• 1983, Winchester, Virginia, USA: around seven million tyres burn for nine months causing major environmental damage
• 1989, Heyope, Wales, UK: a fire involving approximately 10 million tyres burns for 15 years, setting a world record.
• 1990, Hagersville, Ontario, Canada: 12 to 14 million tyres burn for 17 days, leading to the evacuation of 4,000 people.
• 1999, Sycamore, Ohio, USA: arsonists set fire to 25 million tyres. 250 firefighters, members of the National Guard and personnel of the Environmental Protection Agency spend around 30 hours combating the fire.
• 2012, Jahra, Kuwait: five million tyres burned by suspected scrap metal scavengers.
• 2005, Leon, Spain: several hundred thousand tyres burn for several hours before being controlled and extinguished.
• 2015, Leon, Spain: another tyre fire in the same location where a tyre fire had occurred ten years previously.