Recent high winds had caused smoke to billow from the smouldering fire, causing concern for residents.

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Recent high winds have caused smoke to billow from the smouldering fire, causing concern from residents.

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Once alight, the smouldering fire spreads slowly through the peat and can cause the ground above to collapse.

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The 20-mile-long drive, which is double the distance of the most direct route, passed by broken down homes, downed power lines, a smouldering mall which had been on fire for hours, nearly empty streets, and once in Algiers, a half-hour later, this strange sight.

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"It could very well have set the barn and its contents of hay and straw on fire as the lantern was still smouldering, " he said.

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The fire at Wood Recycling Services (WRS) in Potters Crouch, which began last November, is still smouldering.

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