Gardaí are investigating the cause behind a major fire which broke out at a recycling centre in Co Kildare last night.
The fire was the second at the waste depot near Naas in two months.
Emergency services were informed of the fire at the A1 Waste recovery and recycling centre at Kerdiffstown, Co Kildare at 5.49 pm.
Station officer with Naas fire brigade Anthony Doyle said "tonnes and tonnes" of waste had caught fire and that a cloud of thick black smoke could be seen for miles around.
He said gardaí were due to investigate the cause of the fire which occurred in a disused dump at the site.
It is not clear what type of material caught fire.
Earlier this month, the High Court granted a series of orders to the Environmental Protection Agency against the operators of the landfill site.
Counsel for the EPA said it could cost between €30 million and €110 million to remove all waste dumped at the site before the first licence for the landfill was granted in 2003.