Residents are campaigning to close down an industrial estate next to their homes where a massive blaze tore through a factory.

People living close to Park House Industrial Estate complain that the inferno at Styrene Packaging and Insulations Ltd, which broke out on Wednesday night, was the final straw.

At its height more than 100 firefighters fought the blaze which sent a huge plume of black, acrid smoke billowing 1,000ft into the air. It was the biggest fire in West Yorkshire this year.

Firefighters were still at the scene today, monitoring pockets of fire in basement storage areas. They were being left to burn themselves out as the building, pictured, has been left in too dangerous a state to enter.

But residents have now demanded the industrial estate is closed and replaced by housing.

Dad-of-four Tony Thornton, whose house backs on to the industrial estate, said his biggest worry had always been the risk of fire but machinery noise, early-hour traffic and lorries blocking the road in front of homes and a nearby school were also ruining residents' lives.

"You name it, we've had it when it comes to nuisances and we've had enough of it all," he said.

"We've met councillors, environmental officers, planners and some of the businesses down there but nothing is ever done about what we say. If we object to anything, we're not listened to. While that industry's on that estate, we'll constantly have a dark cloud looming over us."

His wife Edna, a school support worker, said the sooner businesses moved out the better.

"There's the big Euroway trading estate just across the M606 not two miles away from here - half of the units there are empty. Why don't they go there and leave us in peace?"

Dianne Hough, 32, who has a four-month-old daughter, said: "We don't want those businesses there any more. We want houses instead because they're safer.

"We don't know everything that's being manufactured on that site and all the materials they use. We don't know what hazards could be lurking there - we might not be so lucky to escape next time. We've all sent letters to the Council about our problems and had letters back, but no action's been taken to sort the problems out. It's clear the Council puts industry first and residents last."

Keith Bullock, 60, who also lives nearby, said he was worried about what business might replace Styrene if it shut for good. "Anyone could build a new place on their site and residents would never be given a say."

Councillor Jim O'Neill (Lab, Odsal) said he would call an emergency meeting in the next fortnight to help residents plan the next stage of their campaign.

He said he would also suggest to the Council's planning department that the land use was changed from industry to residential in the new Unitary Development Plan.

"With the new UDP due out in the next six months or so, this is the right time for residents and local councillors to make themselves heard," he said.

"I hope businesses will see sense, get a good price and sell up so homes can be built on the land instead, freeing residents from any more hazards."