A fire engulfing over 50,000 tonnes of recycling material sent a plume of smoke 6,000 feet into the air on Monday of this week.
Some 200 firefighters tackled the massive blaze in Smethwick, near Birmingham.
Two fire engines have been cut in the West Midlands as part of a £20 million cuts plan.
Last week the Tories cut another 7.5 percent from fire budgets in the spending review.
A staffing crisis in the NHS
Health workers set to strike across four Manchester hospitals
Bus workers rejected an offer and came back out
