South Yorkshire village endures seventh week of toxic smoke from industrial fire

Waste stored in Kiveton Park building caught fire in September and is proving difficult to extinguish

Residents of a South Yorkshire village have been left worried for their safety after spending seven weeks engulfed by toxic smoke from an industrial blaze that fire services are struggling to put out.

People who live and work in Kiveton Park, near Rotherham, have been told to stay indoors and keep their windows closed to avoid inhaling acrid, plasticky smoke being emitted from a building storing waste that caught fire on 21 September.