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| Compensation for 'fire evacuees' | |
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| Families who spent the night away from their homes after two gas cylinders went on fire will be compensated, the Housing Executive has said. | |
| A number of homes were evacuated after the blaze broke out in Coleraine's Ballysally estate on Wednesday. | |
| The Housing Executive said it would meets the costs of putting residents up in hotels and bed and breakfasts. | |
| The Fire and Rescue Service's Bill Wilsden hoped everyone would be able to return by lunchtime on Thursday. | |
| "Acetylene is a very unstable substance when it's involved in a fire and in order to make the place as safe as possible we must ensure that we keep a cordon around it for 24 hours. | "Acetylene is a very unstable substance when it's involved in a fire and in order to make the place as safe as possible we must ensure that we keep a cordon around it for 24 hours. |
| "Unfortunately, the nearby residents have had to be evacuated for that period of time," Mr Wilsden said. | "Unfortunately, the nearby residents have had to be evacuated for that period of time," Mr Wilsden said. |
| Gerry McCloskey, the district manager for the Housing Executive, said everything possible was being done to accommodate the families. | Gerry McCloskey, the district manager for the Housing Executive, said everything possible was being done to accommodate the families. |
| "I appreciate the way the various agencies have cooperated in trying to sort out the problems," he said. | "I appreciate the way the various agencies have cooperated in trying to sort out the problems," he said. |
| "We are particularly grateful to Ballysally Primary School who allowed us to use their facilities." | "We are particularly grateful to Ballysally Primary School who allowed us to use their facilities." |
| He said he hoped people would not be "out of pocket" and that the executive had put people up in hotels. |