Residents who wore face masks because of a nearby fire blazing for eight months have welcomed plans by environmental health services to put it out.
The blaze broke out on a compost heap at Keenan Recycling Plant at New Deer, Aberdeenshire, in June last year, but Grampian Fire and Rescue said too much water was required to put out the fire.
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