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| Residents face night out of homes | |
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| Residents of 100 houses in a County Down village are facing the night out of their homes. | |
| They were evacuated after a fire at a welding workshop in Drumaness prompted fears that gas cylinders could explode. | |
| A 200-metre exclusion zone was set up around the premises at Old Park Road in the village at about 0900 GMT on Tuesday. | |
| Fire crews believe the cooling-down period will last until Wednesday morning. | |
| Local residents who need assistance, medical help or alternative accommodation have been advised to attend Ballynahinch Community Centre. | Local residents who need assistance, medical help or alternative accommodation have been advised to attend Ballynahinch Community Centre. |
| Sinn Fein councillor Michael Coogan said it was a difficult situation for the residents. | Sinn Fein councillor Michael Coogan said it was a difficult situation for the residents. |
| "They can't even go back to their properties to retrieve things like medication, or nappies or baby formula and things of that nature," he said. | "They can't even go back to their properties to retrieve things like medication, or nappies or baby formula and things of that nature," he said. |
| "So there'll be a whole range of problems that present themselves this evening and we'll just do our best to try and accommodate everybody." | "So there'll be a whole range of problems that present themselves this evening and we'll just do our best to try and accommodate everybody." |