A HUGE FIRE BROKE OUT at Alexanders Wharf at Kings Norton yesterday, Wednesday.
With the smoke closing the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, preventing navigation.
The fire was so fierce it needed around 70 firefighters to help control the blaze that had broken out in a scrapyard by the waterway. Image by West Midlands Fire Service.
Overpowering
Even an aerial platform was brought in as firefighters at first were unable to get too near the blaze, it being overpowering.
It was around noon when this occurred and quickly spread amongst the scrap vehicles and the like.
Canal & River Trust tell that the navigation has now reopened, but boaters are to be aware of smoke in the area.