Emergencies - Body found after fire on industrial estate in Wales
Emergency services have recovered a body after a major fire on an industrial estate in Wales. The police were alerted to an explosion and fire in the town of Pontypridd on Wednesday evening - a building in the Treforest district was on fire and threatened to collapse. One person was missing.
"Following a search of the area, officers have found a body," said South Wales Police. The emergency services had spoken of a serious incident and hospitals in the region were initially on alert. The cause of the fire is still unclear and is now to be determined.
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The Major fire in Wales necessitated the deployment of an operational force from the police. The incident sparked an emergency response from services across Great Britain. The disaster in Pontypridd added to the list of emergencies facing the region in recent times. Subsequently, authorities have declared an increased state of alert due to the unprecedented number of fires and explosions in the area.
Source: www.stern.de
