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Chemical scare at Halls of Scotland plant in Prestwick Chemical scare at Halls of Scotland plant in Prestwick
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Firefighters have evacuated a meat factory in South Ayrshire after a suspected ammonia leak. A meat factory in South Ayrshire was evacuated after an ammonia leak.
Crews were called to the Halls of Scotland food processing plant in Prestwick at 04:40 after staff raised the alarm. Fire crews attended the incident at the Halls of Scotland food processing plant in Prestwick at 04:40 after staff had raised the alarm.
They called in an advisor from Glasgow Scientific Services before firefighters in atmospheric suits entered the premises in a bid to isolate the leak. Firefighters in specialist atmospheric suits closed off a valve before returning to the building to identify and isolate a second leak.
No one has been injured. The incident is expected to continue for some time. After ventilation of the factory, employees were able to return shortly before noon. No-one was injured.
Incident commander Lawson Elliot said ammonia levels inside the building had remained high after the first valve was closed.
He said: "Our team re-entered the premises and they successfully traced and isolated a further leak, which led to ammonia levels decreasing."