Emergencies
Body found after fire in industrial area in Wales
Firefighters extinguish flames at the scene on Severn Road in Treforest, South Wales. photo
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An explosion occurs in an industrial area in Wales. A fire breaks out, flames shoot up. There is a dead person.
Emergency services have responded to a major fire in an industrial area Wales recovered a body. 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 in danger of collapsing. One person was missing.
“After searching the area, officers located a body,” South Wales Police said. The rescue workers had spoken of a serious incident, and clinics in the region were initially on alert. The cause of the fire is still unclear and is now being investigated.