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| Major fire closes commuter route | Major fire closes commuter route |
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| More than 60 firefighters have tackled a blaze which destroyed the premises of a wallpaper company in East Yorkshire. | |
| The Teckno Developments site in Bishop Burton, near Beverley, which employs about 70 people, was well alight when fire crews arrived just after 0230 GMT. | |
| Some nearby properties were evacuated as fumes spread over a wide area and fire officers said the building was near to collapse. | |
| The A1079 Hull to York road has been closed, causing long tailbacks. | The A1079 Hull to York road has been closed, causing long tailbacks. |
| The route is closed in both directions between the Killingwoldgraves roundabout and Bishop Burton. | The route is closed in both directions between the Killingwoldgraves roundabout and Bishop Burton. |
| Police are diverting traffic through Cherry Burton via Dog Kennel Lane. | Police are diverting traffic through Cherry Burton via Dog Kennel Lane. |
| Boss defiant | |
| Dave Fisher, from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, said: "We have got the fire under control now, but it is a serious fire and we will be here for most of the day I suspect. | Dave Fisher, from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, said: "We have got the fire under control now, but it is a serious fire and we will be here for most of the day I suspect. |
| "We've not been right through the building as yet due to the partial collapse of the building, but we have no reports of anybody being trapped." | "We've not been right through the building as yet due to the partial collapse of the building, but we have no reports of anybody being trapped." |
| Teckno Developments managing director Trevor Langley said he was devastated but vowed to get the business up and running again. | |
| "We will just fight it through," he said. | |
| "It will take us about three months to get it off the ground on another site. | |
| "We employ the best part of 70 people and they rely on us. | |
| "We were doing well and we will do well again." |