East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESFRS) was called into action after reports of a fire at Ripley's Autos in Apex Way (Enterprise Park) at around 5.20pm.
Five crews were sent to the scene of the small recycling fire, in a confined area.
An ESFRS spokesperson said: “Five appliances attended the accidental fire, with two main jets and a thermal imaging camera used at the incident.
“[There were] no casualties and the stop message came in at 19.07.”
There was a major fire, involving 6,000 tonnes of scrap metal, at the same site in June 2018 – which took days to get under control.
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East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESFRS) was called into action after reports of a fire at Ripley's Autos in Apex Way (Enterprise Park) at around 6pm. Photo: Dan Jessup