Factory fire near M6 causes huge smoke plume
The fire service says the blaze near the Fort Dunlop retail park was a significant incident.
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Fort Dunlop
Office, retail and hotel (formerly industrial) in Birmingham, England
Fort Dunlop, is the common name of the original tyre factory and main office of Dunlop Rubber in the Erdington district of Birmingham, England. It was established in 1917, and by 1954 the entire factory area employed 10,000 workers. At one time it was the world's largest factory, when it employed 3,200 workers.
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