Firefighters were called to the site in Flaxley Road, Peterborough earlier today after a blaze broke out in the yard at the huge distribution centre.
Staff were told to leave the building at 12.25pm while fire crews worked at the scene.
A spokesman for Amazon said; “There was small fire at the centre, the team was evacuated for a short period, and we’re back in operation.”
A Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “We received a call at 12.25 to a report of a fire in Flaxley Road. Four crews and a water carrier there are in attendance. A number of bales of cardboard are alight outdoors (approx. 50 tonnes) next to a building.”
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