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| Dunmurry fire: 12 houses evacuated after fire starts in oil tank | Dunmurry fire: 12 houses evacuated after fire starts in oil tank |
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| A dozen houses in Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, have been evacuated because of a large fire. | A dozen houses in Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, have been evacuated because of a large fire. |
| It started around 04:00 BST on Monday at an oil tank in Sunnyhill Park, and spread to adjoining houses. | It started around 04:00 BST on Monday at an oil tank in Sunnyhill Park, and spread to adjoining houses. |
| The fire service said significant damage has been caused to three houses, the roofs on two of the properties have collapsed. | The fire service said significant damage has been caused to three houses, the roofs on two of the properties have collapsed. |
| No-one has been injured. Sixty firefighters and eight appliances remain at the scene. | No-one has been injured. Sixty firefighters and eight appliances remain at the scene. |
| More than 40 residents had to leave their homes while fire crews worked to stop the fire spreading. | |
| Kevin O'Neill, area commander with the Fire and Rescue Service, described it as "quite a complex fire". | |
| "We were called initially to a shed on fire," he said. | |
| "The shed fire spread to a fence and then to an oil tank which ruptured. | |
| "The oil from that oil tank flowed across the back of several properties setting fire to other oil tanks causing partial roof collapse on two properties." |