Flames consumed 30 portable toilets during a deliberate fire in West Bromwich.

Nine firefighters and police were called to the Eagle Industrial Estate on Bagnall Street at about 1.40pm on Thursday, June 3, as plumes of smoke began to billow into the air.

A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: "We had the call at 1.41pm to a toilet hire company on the Eagle Industrial Estate in Bagnall Street, Tipton.

"Two fire engines responded from Tipton and Wednesbury, nine firefighters. The first crew was there in five minutes.

"The incident was a severe fire involving portable toilets which had spread to nearby trees on wasteland.

"Crews wore breathing apparatus and used a combination of hose reel jets and a main jet to tackle the fire.

"At 2.30pm they requested the police as it is believed to have started deliberately."

West Midlands Police has been asked for a statement.