Firefighters rush to early morning blaze at major Teesside industrial site

Cleveland Fire were called to a blaze at the Net Zero Teesworks site in Redcar on Tuesday morning (October 20).

Fire crews tackled a blaze at a major industrial facility on Teesside in the early hours of the morning.

Cleveland Fire Brigade was called to the Net Zero Teesworks site in Redcar at 5.51am on Tuesday (October 20).

Teesworks, the vast industrial site on the former Redcar steelworks (Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO)

Five fire engines from Redcar, Grangetown, Middlesbrough and Thornaby tackled the blaze for around three hours.

A spokesperson said: "Cleveland Fire Brigade was called today (20/10/2026) at 5.51am to a fire at Net Zero Teesworks, Redcar.

"Five appliances attended from Redcar, Grangetown, Middlesbrough and Thornaby.

"The fire was extinguished and the stop message was received at 8.54am."

Cleveland Fire Brigade has not confirmed what caused the blaze or whether anyone was injured.