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| Fire breaks out at Stowmarket malt factory | Fire breaks out at Stowmarket malt factory |
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| More than 40 firefighters have tackled a fire at a silo at a malt factory. | |
| Crews were called to Muntons head office, at Cedars Malting, Stowmarket, Suffolk, at about 06:25 GMT. | Crews were called to Muntons head office, at Cedars Malting, Stowmarket, Suffolk, at about 06:25 GMT. |
| The fire was at the top of a 28m (92ft) steel drying container, the fire service confirmed. There are no reported injuries and staff are being allowed on site. | The fire was at the top of a 28m (92ft) steel drying container, the fire service confirmed. There are no reported injuries and staff are being allowed on site. |
| The building makes malted ingredients and manufactures malt, including the honeycomb centres of Maltesers. | The building makes malted ingredients and manufactures malt, including the honeycomb centres of Maltesers. |
| Eleven crews from Ipswich, Debenham, Hadleigh, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Elmswell and Ixworth attended. | Eleven crews from Ipswich, Debenham, Hadleigh, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds, Elmswell and Ixworth attended. |
| Dr Nigel Davies, manufacturing and sustainability director said the blaze was now "under control" and a new silo which has 130 tonnes of grain inside, was "smouldering". | |
| He said the "water dousing system" was triggered, so the fire was not "that bad". | |
| "It has not caused too much damage" so it is "business as usual", but the company "needs to know what caused it" he added. | |
| In November the company announced a £4.5m investment at the Suffolk plant, that would see a new 27m (89ft) high building being constructed. | In November the company announced a £4.5m investment at the Suffolk plant, that would see a new 27m (89ft) high building being constructed. |