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| Blaze at Pure Wafer Limited's Swansea industrial unit | Blaze at Pure Wafer Limited's Swansea industrial unit |
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| Police are advising residents to keep their windows and doors shut due to a fire at a large industrial building on Swansea enterprise zone. | Police are advising residents to keep their windows and doors shut due to a fire at a large industrial building on Swansea enterprise zone. |
| An area around Pure Wafer Limited has been sealed off and there are chemicals and cylinders at the scene on Millbrook Drive, Llansamlet. | An area around Pure Wafer Limited has been sealed off and there are chemicals and cylinders at the scene on Millbrook Drive, Llansamlet. |
| The fire service said they are protecting a "large oxygen and nitrogen store". | The fire service said they are protecting a "large oxygen and nitrogen store". |
| Up to 70 firefighters at the scene since 9:01 GMT on Sunday. | |
| The precautionary warning over windows and doors applies to residents in Birchgrove and Glais. | The precautionary warning over windows and doors applies to residents in Birchgrove and Glais. |
| Roads in the immediate vicinity of the business park are also closed and members of the public are asked to avoid the area. | Roads in the immediate vicinity of the business park are also closed and members of the public are asked to avoid the area. |
| Mid and West Wales fire service confirmed they are pumping water from the nearby River Tawe. | |
| A spokesman said: "The fire has gone through the roof and spread to the walls and the voids." | |
| 'Explosion' | |
| Inspector Andy Walbeoff, of South Wales Police, said: "We're not looking for anyone inside, we are just dealing with the fire itself." | Inspector Andy Walbeoff, of South Wales Police, said: "We're not looking for anyone inside, we are just dealing with the fire itself." |
| Chris Davies, 26, a Royal Mail worker of nearby Tregof village, said he heard an explosion at his home, half a mile from the site. | |
| He said: "There was a large explosion and the sound of gas escaping, a hissing noise. | |
| "They have cordoned off the road, but I could see there were four storage tanks and it looked like one of them had exploded. | |
| "There was nothing left of it. The firemen were on a cherry picker tacking it." |