A recycling site in Melbourne’s west has caught fire and sent large smoke plumes across homes and businesses, in the latest blaze at a waste plant.

About 30 firefighters donned breathing gear to quickly bring the blaze under control after a large pile of recycled car parts caught fire at the Tottenham site.

A separate fire at a recycling plant in Coolaroo in July 2017. Credit:Courtesy of Seven News

Fire crews managed to get on top of the fire within about 15 minutes but the Metropolitan Fire Brigade issued an advice message for 12 western suburbs.

The fire broke out about midday on Thursday in a pile of recycled material measuring 10 metres by 30 metres.