Anger as Scholemoor Cemetery is hit by fly-tippers

The incident has caused damage to the road surface at Scholemoor Cemetery, which will need to be repaired at a later date.

Photographs show the debris near the entrance to the Garden of Remembrance early on Wednesday morning.

Gravediggers at the site managed to quickly clear the mess in time for a ceremony that was scheduled for that afternoon.

Bradford Council has condemned the actions of those responsible, saying: “We understand that they were burnt car parts fly-tipped by a wagon. To call this a mindless and senseless thing to do is an understatement.”

The Telegraph & Argus was alerted to the incident by a resident who spotted the mess first thing on Wednesday morning.

The resident, who did not wish to be named, said it was near the Necropolis Road end of the cemetery.

He added: “I’m disgusted that people would use a graveyard to dump things – but it’s happened more than once here.

“The Council have cleared it up pretty quickly.”

The charred remains of car parts which had been dumped and then set on fire at Scholemoor Cemetery (Image: Submitted)

A Bradford Council spokesperson told the T&A: “Gravediggers at Scholemoor Cemetery have now cleared all this debris.

“We have had to act fast as this was in the entrance to the Garden of Remembrance where a scattering of cremated ashes ceremony was due to take place that afternoon.

“Unfortunately there is also some damage to the road surface which will need to be repaired.”

This appears to be the latest in a series of fly-tipping incidents at the cemetery, as well as a strikingly similar incident that took place in May.

At the time the Telegraph & Argus reported how the dumped car parts were left just yards from gravestones at the cemetery site and spread over a large area of the cemetery's pathway.

A large blue bag filled with dirt was also left among the car parts, with pictures showing charred remains and scorch marks on the ground.

A resident hit out at the mess saying it was disrespectful, particularly given the location.

Burnt ground at Scholemoor Cemetery in June (Image: UGC)

He said: “It is totally disrespectful to be left in the middle of a path that people walk through to get to graves. It’s shocking.”

In June the T&A reported that a patch of ground at the cemetery had been set on fire.

A large patch of grass near some graves appeared scorched, with beer cans found among the debris.