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Warning over 'toxic' smoke fears | |
(10 minutes later) | |
People in the Coleraine area are being urged to stay indoors amid fears of toxic smoke from a warehouse fire. | |
Firefighters are tackling the blaze at Armstrong Medical Services in the Wattstown Business Park. | |
Part of the warehouse which is thought to contain pharmaceutical chemicals is on fire. It is not known if these substances are poisonous. | |
Large plumes of black of smoke can be seen over the area and are drifting as far as Kilrea, 15 miles away. | Large plumes of black of smoke can be seen over the area and are drifting as far as Kilrea, 15 miles away. |
The fire broke out at about 1800 BST and has been spreading rapidly. | |
The emergency services are urging people to stay out of the line of smoke as a precaution and to close windows. |