FIREFIGHTERS rushed to a Dorset recycling centre late on Christmas Day.

Crews tackled a blaze inside a building at the facility in Arena Way off Magna Road involving a quantity of rubbish.

A spokeswoman for Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called at 10.37pm on December 25 to a fire inside a building at the recycling centre.

"An appliances from Redhill Park, two from Poole and one from Westbourne attended initially, with a water carried from Ringwood requested after 11pm.

"One main line was used and a digger to spread the refuse out.

"The stop message came at 11.47pm."

Meanwhile, firefighters from Wareham were called to a HGV rubbish lorry on fire at 11.03pm on Christmas Day.

Poole's water carrier also attended and helped to bring the fire under control.