50 firefighters tackle blaze near Ferrybridge power station

MORE than 50 firefighters tackled with a large fire at a pallet yard near West Yorkshire's Ferrybridge Power Station last night.

Crews were called to the fire on Kirk Haw Lane at about 6pm. The fire service said 10 engines were called and the fire, which involved about half the pallets on the site, was under control within two hours.

A spokesman said the cause of the fire was not yet known and fire investigators were at the scene.