The blaze at the Averies waste site burned for nearly two months A DEVASTATING fire that burned for 57 days at an industrial waste site in Swindon could have been prevented with better co-operation between public bodies – especially the borough council and the Environment Agency. That is the conclusion of the final report on the blaze which broke out at a scrap and recycling site run by the Averies brothers in Marshgate, near the Greenbridge Retail park. The fire started on July 21, 2014 and firefighters were onsite until September16, nearly two months later. The blaze was the longest in the history of Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.