Smoke from the fire could be seen for several miles

A fire at a tyre recycling depot in Cambridgeshire will be left to burn itself out, the fire service said.

Experts claim it would take millions of gallons of water to extinguish and this may present an environmental hazard.

The fire at Murfitt Industries, off Wisbech Road, near Littleport, began on Friday 21 August, with a plume of smoke visible for several miles.

Scientists from Oxfordshire carried out tests on the toxicity of the smoke and deemed it not dangerous.