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UK Fire: Apocalyptic Scenes as Firefighters Desperately Search for Missing
Leamington Spa UK Fire: Apocalyptic Scenes as Firefighters Desperately Search for Missing Person
Residents and businesses are being urged to keep all windows and doors closed as firefighters fight the blaze which has sent plumes of 'acrid' smoke into the air - making people sick in the street
BBC News, 28 AUG 2021.
Police say a person missing after a massive fire broke out at a factory in Leamington Spa is a worker at the site.
Emergency services are frantically searching for the worker after a fire broke out in Leamington Spa that was so vast it could be seen from space.
An explosion that locals said sounded "like bombs going off" was heard as the inferno erupted at Leeson Polyurethenes Ltd earlier this morning.
The Warwickshire company describes itself as the leading innovators and manufacturers of polyurethane adhesives and coatings.
Supt Mike Smith, of Warwickshire Police, said all but one person had been accounted for.
People within 500metres of the blaze were being warned to stay indoors as firefighters warned it could take days to be fully extinguished.
However the fire no longer represented a risk thanks to the major emergency response, authorities said.
The fire, which sent terrifying black clouds into the sky before debris crashed back to the ground, could be seen across the West Midlands on Friday.
Residents were warned to keep doors and windows closed while hundreds of properties were evacuated, along with a Covid testing mega-lab.
The "toxic smoke" is said to have made people sick in the streets
LOCALS are being evacuated from their homes after Leamington Spa was rocked by a series of explosions and a massive fire.
Residents have snapped shocking images of black smoke billowing from a warehouse as an inferno rips through an industrial estate - amid claims the toxic plume has made some vomit.
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