About 10,000 tonnes of cardboard are on fire at a paper mill in Birmingham.
West Midlands Fire Service said more than 15 fire engines were at the Smurfit Kappa plant, a mill for recycled packaging, in Nechells.
About 100 firefighters remain at the scene of the blaze in Mount Street, which broke out shortly after 22:00 BST on Wednesday.
The fire service said no-one has been injured and the fire was now contained to the seven-acre yard of the site.
Station commander Mal Fellows said the service had help from a police helicopter to keep the fire under control.
"It's been particularly difficult due to the high winds and the size of the site.
The flames are still huge from the mountain of cardboard that is on fire.
The main building of the plant seems unaffected by the blaze in the yard.
Workers turning up for their shifts spoke of their "shock" at the fire.
All cordons remain in place and are likely to be so for some time.
"We're pretty sure we've actually contained this within the boundary.
"There is a good fire plan at Kappa but we've put crews in place to stop the fire spreading.
"We've had small fires throughout the night from burning embers but we've been spotting those and we utilised the police helicopter to spot these which has been a great asset for us."
West Midlands Police said it had monitoring the fire due to its proximity to the M6, but reported no smoke-related problems on the motorway.
Nearby residents are being advised to keep windows closed as a precaution, but there is thought to be no risk from the smoke and ash.
Police said the A47 Heartlands Parkway remained closed between the junctions with Saltley Road and Cuckoo Road.
Part of Aston Church Road is also shut.
Carl Mcguire, manager of M&M Steel Stock on nearby Trevor Street, said the fire had prevented him from accessing the company's offices.
Mr Mcguire said: "Obviously we're faced with the situation now where we've had to tell all the lads to go home.
"We've got customers expecting deliveries today which unfortunately are not going to happen.
"Our difficult thing now is trying to contact BT to divert the calls so that at least we can contact the customers to tell them because at the minute we've got no access to the offices."
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