{"id":30524,"date":"2025-06-07T11:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/fire-service-attends-chemical-incident-in-magheralin\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T11:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:19:45","slug":"fire-service-attends-chemical-incident-in-magheralin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/fire-service-attends-chemical-incident-in-magheralin\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire service attends ‘chemical incident’ in Magheralin"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Five people, including two firefighters, were taken to hospital earlier, after a reported chemical spill at an industrial site in County Armagh on Friday. <\/p>\n

The Northern Ireland Fire Service (NIFRS) got at a call at about 22:30 BST on Friday about the incident at Leprino, a cheese factory, in Steps Road near Magheralin.<\/p>\n

Seventeen people were assessed at the scene by ambulance services, with five being transferred to hospital. <\/p>\n

All have since been discharged and none of their conditions was described as life-threatening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Four fire appliances and a Command Support Unit attended the scene along with a number of emergency ambulances, a Hazardous Area Response Team, a doctor and PSNI.<\/p>\n

The fire service said the incident was brought under control as all emergency services left the scene at 04:50 BST.<\/p>\n

There is no risk to the public, but the fire service has asked that people avoid the area.<\/p>\n

A precautionary 100-metre exclusion zone was implemented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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