Firefighters at the scene at Angus Braidwood and Son Ltd on Castle Drive.  Bankside Road and Abbots Road were closed to vehicles. (Pic: Michael Gi8llen)Firefighters at the scene at Angus Braidwood and Son Ltd on Castle Drive.  Bankside Road and Abbots Road were closed to vehicles. (Pic: Michael Gi8llen)
Firefighters at the scene at Angus Braidwood and Son Ltd on Castle Drive. Bankside Road and Abbots Road were closed to vehicles. (Pic: Michael Gi8llen)

In Pictures: At the scene of huge blaze at Falkirk scrapyard

The smoke could be seen for miles as a scrapyard blaze dominated the skyline in Falkirk on Saturday.

The blaze erupted at scrapyard at Angus Braidwood and Son Ltd on Castle Drive, Bankside Industrial Estate around 1:45pm – eye-witnesses spoke of hearing ‘popping noises.’

This gallery of exclusive pictures by Michael Gillen captures shows the full extent of the fire, and the operation launched by the emergency services to bring it under control.

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