00:00Smoke from a large fire at the London Scrap Terminal has been filling the air in Gravesend today.
00:05As thousands of tonnes of metal are being burnt, firefighters on the scene have been making ongoing efforts for hours to put the fire out.
00:13The fire is in a recycling depot which has got scrap metal in there.
00:18It's unknown at this time that the amount of metal that's involved is estimated to be around 5000 tonnes.
00:24The crews have been here on site since 2 o'clock this morning.
00:27We've been working hard throughout the day to get the incident resolved,
00:31but I imagine that we're still going to be here for probably another 48 hours minimum.
00:35With six fire engines and around 35 firefighters on the scene, residents are being told to shut their windows and close their doors.
00:42Yes, so we've got six fire engines, a high volume pump and a turntable ladder on site to help extinguish it.
00:48And we are utilising our drone capabilities as well which gives us an eye in the sky that allows us to see the fire from above
00:55which really does help us to resolve the incident.
00:58The fire robot is not here, but we are using the on site machinery, the grab cranes etc.
01:03They're helping us with our firefighting as well.
01:06The cause of the fire is unknown and nobody was injured, but investigations are ongoing.
01:11While residents are being asked to close their windows and doors,
01:14more information about the hazard can be found on Kent Fire and Rescue's social media.
01:19Kristen Hawthorne for KMTV in Gravesend.
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