FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at the Crymlyn Burrows waste treatment plant near Swansea.

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to the Materials Recovery and Energy Centre just after midnight.

The fire was said to be deep seated in around 400 tonnes of waste material.

Staff had to use diggers to get to it as fire crews used a water hose.

Firefighters left the scene at around 2.50am.

There was no evacuation of neighbouring properties.

The plant handles waste from both Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend.