A SUSPECTED factory fire turned out to be a pile of dumped car tyres.
Firefighters from Bolton North station went to Vale Street, Breightmet, where callers had suggested nearby factories had been set alight because of the thick black smoke.
But on arrival at 8pm on Tuesday, they discovered the fire had been started among fly-tipped tyres.
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