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| Explosions and MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL FIRE in Kidderminster, England (VIDEOS) | Explosions and MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL FIRE in Kidderminster, England (VIDEOS) |
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| Explosions have been reported and an enormous industrial fire has broken out in Kidderminster, England. With black smoke towering over the town, police have advised people to avoid the area. | Explosions have been reported and an enormous industrial fire has broken out in Kidderminster, England. With black smoke towering over the town, police have advised people to avoid the area. |
| Fire crews were swiftly dispatched to an industrial unit in the Worcestershire town after explosions were reported. | Fire crews were swiftly dispatched to an industrial unit in the Worcestershire town after explosions were reported. |
| Video footage showed what appears to be a burning factory, with a column of smoke rising over residential neighbourhoods nearby. The scene has been described as “absolute chaos” by locals. | Video footage showed what appears to be a burning factory, with a column of smoke rising over residential neighbourhoods nearby. The scene has been described as “absolute chaos” by locals. |
| Police have asked people to avoid the area and residents have been advised to close their windows to keep the choking black smoke out. | Police have asked people to avoid the area and residents have been advised to close their windows to keep the choking black smoke out. |
| Firefighters say the blaze broke out at a building on Park Street. Though the street is lined with houses and small businesses, a large metal refinery sits at one end, and appears to be the source of the blaze. | |
| The West Midlands Ambulance Service has dispatched an ambulance, multiple paramedics, an air ambulance and trauma doctor to the scene, but there is no word yet on potential casualties. | |
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