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A battery fire at a recycling centre caused damage estimated at £20,000, a council has said. Flames erupted from a mound of waste and filled a warehouse with smoke, CCTV footage from the Smallmead site in Reading showed. The blaze on 9 October was the ninth there so far this year, Reading Borough Council reported. It has urged people to avoid throwing electrical items such as toothbrushes and vapes into bins. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Berkshire’s Alex Meakin has more on this story. You can see footage of the fire at the Reading recycling centre on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News app.