Plumes of smoke towered above the city after a huge fire started at a scrapyard in Sunderland’s Hendon Street just after 11 am on Monday, July 19.
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service asked people in the area to stay inside and keep their windows and doors closed while firefighters tackle the flames.
These 15 images by our photographer Stu Norton show the scale of the blaze.
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Apppliances from fire stations across Tyne & Wear including West Denton, Gosforth, South Shields, Marley Park, Farringdon, Sunderland Central, Washington and Gateshead Community Fire Stations were dispatched to the incident. Photo: Stu Norton
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People in the are were asked to stay inside. Photo: Stu Norton