Fire destroys East London waste recycling facility

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

East London fire-fighters are still battling a blaze at a Wilsonia company which broke out on Saturday afternoon.

Police spokesperson, Captain John Fobian, says three companies that share the same premises were completely destroyed in the blaze.

He says damage is estimated at around R15-million.

Fobian says as many as 25 fire-fighters were involved in bringing the fire at the Collect All waste recycling facility under control.

He says once the damping down operations are complete the investigation in the cause of the fire will get underway.

"The Fire started at about 11:45am on Saturday and started spreading. The fire department could not get it under control and it burnt to the ground. Firefighters are still damping down" he said