Aberdeen's bin collections have been cancelled today following a major blaze over the weekend.

Around 100 firefighters and 24 appliances have been tackling a fire at Altens East Recycling Centre, which has left the building largely destroyed.

As a result, Aberdeen City Council has said no bins will be collected on Monday. They will be picked up on Saturday instead.

The fire broke out on Friday afternoon and was thought to have been extinguished later that evening but it took hold again overnight.

More than 100 firefighters were involved in the operation. Crews were brought in from Aboyne, Alford, Banchory, Dundee, Montrose and Peterhead to support the Aberdeen teams.

At one point on Saturday 27 appliances were deployed and residents in the Cove area had water supplies disrupted by efforts to bring the fire under control.

Suez Recycling and Recovery, which owns the facility, said the cause of the fire was not yet known.

Regional director John Wilkinson thanked the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for their efforts to extinguish the fire and apologised to the local community for any disruption.

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