Firefighters are still tackling the blaze at the Smarden Business Estate, two days after it started and are set to remain on the scene for 'some time'.

Three fire engines are currently in attendance, along with a bulk water carrier and a Kent Fire and Rescue Service's technical rescue crew to deal with the large fire at a recycling storage plant.

It is believed around 1,000 tonnes of rubbish including mattresses, two large buildings and around five shipping containers have caught fire.

VIDEO: Large fire at Smarden Business Estate

Crews have been working around the clock since it was first reported at 11.30am on Sunday, working in rotation and in difficult conditions due to the heat.

They are working with an on site demolition company and a mechanical excavator is being used to access the building.

The burning contents are being brought out of the building, so that fire crews can extinguish the fires using hose reel jets and water supplied by the bulk water carrier and a hydrant. Crews have also been using rakes to pull apart the piles of mattresses, being stored outside, due to the deep seated fire at the heart of the piles, and then using hose reels to then tackle the fires within the mattresses.

A KFRS spokesperson said that crews are 'likely to be on the scene for some time, until the fire inside the building is fully extinguished'.

The amount of mattresses on the site have been a concern for some time.

In 2015, there were piles of thousands of mattresses on the site, stacked as high as five metres and weighing more than 2,000 tonnes.

Last year, recycler Lewis Bertram was warned he could be jailed over the eyesore.

It is unclear how much of that waste has been cleared since.