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Cylinder fire at Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate in Ashford

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 16:46, 07 January 2013

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Train services are getting back to normal after a cylinder fire at Ashford.

Fire crews were called to Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate in Ashford
following a blaze which broke out just before 3pm.

The fire has been put out and cooling jets used on the cylinder. A 100-metre exclusion zone around Brunswick Road has now been lifted.

Commercial properties on the estate were evacuated as a precaution.
There are no reports of any injuries and police have been in the area.

According to Southeastern's site, all lines between Ashford International and Pluckley were earlier closed, but all services are now up and running - with just a 20-minute delay until 7pm on some trains.

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