More than a tonne of used cartridges set alight in West Bromwich, prompting firefighters to tackle the blaze.
Express & Star reported on an arson attack at a site being prepared for demolition in Sandwell, West Bromwich, UK, with “more than a tonne” of used ink cartridges set on fire.
Firefighters were called to the scene at around 5pm on 24 September, with Andy Shakespeare, Watch Commander at Smethwick fire station, stating that it took 90 minutes for the fire to be put out.
He added: “There was about a tonne of old plastic ink cartridges which had been set on fire. There were hundreds and hundreds of them, and some other rubbish was also involved. We left the scene at 8.10pm and handed it over to the on-site security team.”
It was not reported why the ink cartridges came to be at the site, which is currently being demolished in preparation for a “new super hospital” to be built.