Four people are now confirmed missing following three explosions at a mill complex in Cheshire, England. Please have now declared this a major incident and have members from all emergency services working tirelessly to control the situation
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Chief fire officer Paul Hancock said: “We are still dealing with four unaccounted people. We believe they are somewhere in the building. We will endeavour to deal with that issue in a few hours time once we get the incident under full control.”
So far we know:
-3 explosions
-35 people directly affected
-4 people taken to hospital
-4 people reamain unaccounted for
NOTE: This is an ongoing situation, any new details shall be added to this post. Please check back regularly for updates.
Video courtesy of The Guardian.
