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| About 70 people had to leave their homes in an Ayrshire town, after fire broke out in factory buildings. | About 70 people had to leave their homes in an Ayrshire town, after fire broke out in factory buildings. |
| The blaze started in a haulage firm's depot in Cumnock, at about 0230 GMT. | The blaze started in a haulage firm's depot in Cumnock, at about 0230 GMT. |
| Residents from sheltered houses, close to J Yates and Sons' unit on Craigens Road, were taken to a hotel, along with other locals. No-one was injured. | |
| They have been told they will have to stay out of their homes for another 24 hours as firefighters cool down highly explosive gas cylinders on the site. | They have been told they will have to stay out of their homes for another 24 hours as firefighters cool down highly explosive gas cylinders on the site. |
| At the height of the blaze, 15 fire engines were at the scene. | |
| Firefighters said they were working in horrendous weather conditions - with heavy snowfall in the area.Elderly residents in the supported accommodation block were evacuated | |
| The evacuation exercise involved police, the local authority and fire brigade. | |
| Roads near the site have been closed and a 200-metre exclusion zone has been put in place around the scene. | |
| David Morrison, from Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, said: "The warehouse contained a range of materials - unfortunately that included five acetylene cylinders which are quite unpredictable when exposed to fire. | |
| "When crews arrived strong winds were fanning the flames. | |
| "At one point the fireball was spreading across the top of the accommodation block for the elderly, so they had to be evacuated." |