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| Fire at Stafford industrial cleaning company | Fire at Stafford industrial cleaning company |
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| A large fire has broken out at an industrial cleaning company in Stafford. | A large fire has broken out at an industrial cleaning company in Stafford. |
| More than 50 firefighters are working to stop the Global Hygiene blaze, on Astonfields Industrial Estate, spreading to a 40,000-litre oil tank. | |
| One person has been treated for minor burns but there were no reports of any further casualties, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said. | One person has been treated for minor burns but there were no reports of any further casualties, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said. |
| All staff were safe, a spokeswoman for Global Hygiene said. | All staff were safe, a spokeswoman for Global Hygiene said. |
| Fire updates and more Staffordshire news | Fire updates and more Staffordshire news |
| Houses within 50 metres of the blaze have been evacuated. | |
| Two nearby schools - St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School and John Wheeldon Primary School - are closing early because of the smoke and fumes. | |
| The fire, which has been declared a "major incident", was reported by a worker at the industrial cleaning supply firm at about 08:45 GMT. | |
| A fire brigade spokesman said there was "a large quantity of oil - a 40,000-litre container of heat transfer oil" on the premises, but it was not alight. | A fire brigade spokesman said there was "a large quantity of oil - a 40,000-litre container of heat transfer oil" on the premises, but it was not alight. |
| Emergency services have been using the nearby Stafford Rangers Football Club a few hundred yards away as a command post to organise the firefighting effort. | |
| Drummond Road is closed at the junction with Astonfields Road and motorists are being warned of reduced visibility in the area due to smoke. | Drummond Road is closed at the junction with Astonfields Road and motorists are being warned of reduced visibility in the area due to smoke. |
| Ass Ch Cons for Staffordshire Police, Nick Adderley, tweeted: "No loss of life, just one minor injury. Declared a major incident." | |
| A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "One man has been treated at the scene for minor burns to his hands. | |
| "Following treatment from medics the man was discharged and did not require hospital treatment. | |
| "Medics from the Hazardous Area Response Team will remain on scene to support the fire service whilst they continue to fight the large fire." | |
| 'Balls of flame' | |
| Sarah Kearney, who works nearby, said: "We came in to work at about 9am. | |
| "I sat down, looked out of the window, there was thick black smoke. | "I sat down, looked out of the window, there was thick black smoke. |
| "In the last hour it just got thicker and thicker. We saw explosions, balls of flame. | "In the last hour it just got thicker and thicker. We saw explosions, balls of flame. |
| "If I go outside, I can hear sirens everywhere." | "If I go outside, I can hear sirens everywhere." |