The firm at the centre of a warehouse blaze in Saltney last month have been expelled from the site.

It took firefighters four days to put out the huge fire at Lancashire Fuels 4 U Ltd on River Lane in May, with neighbouring businesses evacuated as acrid smoke swept the area.

The company has also been issued with a winding up order, their assets seized and the firm put into liquidation.

Cllr Richard Lloyd delivered the news at a meeting of Saltney Town Council last night from a briefing note handed to him from North Wales mineral and waste planning service manager, Gary Nancarrow.

It read: “Lancashire Fuels 4U have been expelled from the site.

“They are not allowed back on and so no new waste can be carried on to it any more.

“Only the landlord and their appointed representatives, Natural Resources Wales, police, fire services and council officers are permitted to enter the site.

“The landlord has a security presence at the site.”

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The note continues: “Successful court hearings in Manchester last month has resulted in the court issuing a winding up order.

“This means that the Lancashire Fuels 4U cannot be sold as a trading entity, and once the order is confirmed, Lancashire Fuels 4U will cease to exist.

“Their assets have been seized and a liquidator has been appointed to determine whether there are any LF4U assets available to sell to pay the creditors.

“This process may take some time.”

It is understood that the landlord of the site, Bauer Group, wants to clear the site and let it to new businesses.

However, the majority of the waste which was on the site at the time of the fire remains on site.

Mr Nancarrow states: “To minimise the ongoing fire risk, fire breaks have been created in the waste between the buildings to enable the fire service easy access and minimise the spread of fire from building to building.”

Last year firefighters were also called out to the site to tackle a blaze.

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Following the latest blaze Lancashire Fuels 4U Ltd and its three directors – Richard Baison, Peter Ogg and Claire Smith – have been charged with “treating controlled waste in a manner likely to cause pollution or harm to human health”.

The charges, brought by Natural Resources Wales, come following revelations that the fuel company ignored a notice to move tonnes of recycled waste at the warehouse just months before it erupted into flames.

The company appealed against the notice and legal proceedings were still ongoing at the time of the blaze.

A Natural Resources Wales spokesman confirmed a provisional date for the hearing has been set for September 14 at Caernarfon Crown Court.

At the time of going to press Lancashire Fuels 4U Ltd were unavailable for comment.