DLR suspended by Canning Town recycling plant fire Published duration 18 July 2011

image caption The fire started at a scrapyard and recycling plant

Services on part of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) had been suspended following a major fire at a recycling plant in east London.

Six fire engines and 30 firefighters were sent to the scene at Dock Road in Canning Town on Monday afternoon.

The DLR had been suspended between Canning Town and West Silvertown as the fire was close to the tracks.