Dramatic video shows extent of the Bury landfill fire which caused a major incident

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Don't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletter Firefighters have released a dramatic video which shows what crews were up against at a blaze "the size of a football pitch" at a Bury landfill site.

A major incident was declared by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service after the fire broke out at the Viridor Recyling Centre in Pilsworth just after 12am this morning (Monday).

Crews from 10 fire stations from across Greater Manchester were out tackling the blaze at around 7am, with around 40 firefighters from eight crews remaining at the scene as of around 2.30pm.

The blaze covers an area of around 150m by 100m of shredded household waste, around the size of a football pitch, according to