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A fire involving tyres and rubbish caused thick smoke to billow into the sky.

Firefighters had to be called to a garage off Chester Road in Flint at around 3.18pm after a burn went out of control.

Residents reported seeing thick smoke pluming into the air as firefighters rushed to the scene.

Gemma Jones, 36, who lives on Chester Road, said: "There was lots of smoke, lots of bangs and lots of ash was flying.

"It was thick and it stank of rubber.

"You couldn't see the road. The cars were having to go really slow. It was quite scary really.

(Image: Jonathan Egerton)

"The fire engine was here really quickly."

(Image: UGC)

One crew from Flint was called to the scene of the fire and used a main jet, two hose reels, breathing apparatus and a thermal imaging camera to deal with the blaze.

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The fire service took to Twitter as the fire raged to warn people that there was heavy traffic in the area and that people should avoid the area while the incident was dealt with.

The fire was confined to around eight square metres of tyres and rubbish.