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Police headquarters is evacuated Man injured during police HQ fire
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Staff working for North Wales Police at their headquarters in Colwyn Bay have been evacuated from the building after fire broke out in the roof. A worker has been slightly injured after a fire at North Wales Police's headquarters in Colwyn Bay.
Fire appliances and two ladder engines are at the scene. The blaze broke out in the roof in the roof of the building shortly after 1130 BST and 150 police and civilian staff were ordered to leave.
North Wales Fire and rescue service were called at around 1130 BST and said all staff have been accounted for and the fire was under control. Firefighters used two aerial platforms to fight the blaze, which has been brought under control.
People in the Min y Don area of Old Colwyn are urged to keep their windows closed due to the smoke from the blaze. The injured man was a worker involved in the refurbishment of the premises. Only the ground floor was in use.
Police have said everyone has been accounted for. The building is being refurbished and only the ground floors are being used. Contractors had been working on the roof during the morning.
Firefighters are tackling the flames at the top of the building using an aerial platform North Wales Police said all its staff had been accounted for and its operational work had not been affected by the blaze.
Fire crews from Abergele, Conwy and Llandudno and two are from Colwyn Bay are attending the incident. Fire crews from Abergele, Conwy, Llandudno and Colwyn Bay dealt with the incident.
At one point people in the Min y Don area of Old Colwyn were urged to keep their windows closed due to the smoke.
The fire at North Wales Police HQ Your pictures of the fire
Retired policeman David Curtis, 61, was working in the garden of St John's Church, some half a mile away, when he saw the plumes of smoke from the building.Retired policeman David Curtis, 61, was working in the garden of St John's Church, some half a mile away, when he saw the plumes of smoke from the building.
'Alarming'
He climbed the church tower to take photographs of the blaze.He climbed the church tower to take photographs of the blaze.
He said: "We could see flames on the roof and then the wind shifted and you couldn't quite see because of the smoke.He said: "We could see flames on the roof and then the wind shifted and you couldn't quite see because of the smoke.
"It was very alarming. I used to work in the police headquarters. I was concerned for the people who work there and for the building itself."It was very alarming. I used to work in the police headquarters. I was concerned for the people who work there and for the building itself.
"It's very sad to see it burn. I just hope it not too serious. It is an important building in Old Colwyn."It's very sad to see it burn. I just hope it not too serious. It is an important building in Old Colwyn.
"Policing is very important and all the issues that go with it. I'm just concerned that this could put policing backwards." Bethan Lloyd had been working in the adjacent civic offices when the fire broke out.
She said: "I was leaving the office to go out on a call and I saw this huge, thick, black cloud of acrid smoke.
Send your pictures of the fire to newsonline.wales@bbc.co.uk Please read the terms and conditions "All I could see was flames coming from the roof.
At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws. "Police were cordoning off the area. We share the entrance road. They condoned that off and stopped traffic coming down.
If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms">Terms and Conditions "You could just see members of the police headquarters congregated on the car park area. It seemed to be carried out in an orderly fashion. It was well organised."