Stay indoors advice lifted for industrial estate fire

People living near the scene of an ongoing fire in Renfrewshire have been told it is now safe to go outside again.

Emergency services have been at the Enva electronic waste facility at Linwood since Sunday evening, when residents reported hearing loud explosions.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have advised people to continue to avoid the area if possible, but that local residents can now open their windows and doors.

There were no injuries reported from the incident, with five fire appliances still at the scene on Monday morning.

A spokesperson for SFRS said: "Five appliances are currently in attendance at the town's Burnbrae Road, with crews working to extinguish the fire.

"Local residents are asked where possible to avoid the vicinity, but no longer need to keep windows and doors closed and can now go outdoors."

An eyewitness previously told BBC Scotland News he first thought the explosions had been people letting off fireworks while Scotland were playing Hungary at Euro 2024.

He added: "Then we looked out the window and saw this huge plume of smoke just drifting over from Johnstone, Elderslie towards Paisley.

"I went outside, had a look and just saw that clearly something had gone on fire in a pretty major way.

"Then there was about thirty minutes of just near continuous explosions. It did sound like guns going off or fireworks or something like that."

A previous fire at the Enva site took place in 2022.

A spokesperson for Enva said their Linwood general waste recycling facility was unaffected by the fire but would remain closed until the emergency services’ cordon was lifted.

Burnbrae Road remains closed at the Linclive Interchange while the cycle path behind the industrial estate is also shut.

The industrial area is less than four miles from Glasgow Airport. A spokesman said flights were not being affected by smoke from the fire.