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A battery fire at a recycling centre caused damage estimated at 拢20,000, a council has said.

Flames erupted from a mound of waste and filled a warehouse with smoke, CCTV footage from the Smallmead site in Reading showed.

The blaze on 9 October was the ninth there so far this year, Reading Borough Council reported. It has urged people to avoid throwing electrical items such as toothbrushes and vapes into bins.

大象传媒 Radio Berkshire鈥檚 Alex Meakin has more on this story. You can see footage of the fire at the Reading recycling centre on the 大象传媒 News app.