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| Fire crews tackle building blaze | |
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| Fire crews have brought a large fire at a building yard outside Omagh, County Tyrone, under control. | |
| The fire, on the Curr Road, was attended by 10 fire appliances, the Fire and Rescue Service said. | |
| A house on the property was destroyed and a dampening down operation is under way at the site. | |
| The main Omagh to Ballygawley road was closed during the fire, with drivers told to take alternative routes. | |
| Senior Commander John Allen, of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, said the incident was a difficult job for the crews at the scene. | Senior Commander John Allen, of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, said the incident was a difficult job for the crews at the scene. |
| "The key to this is there is an oil tank involved as you would expect in a builder's yard, and a lot of plastic piping which is highly flammable producing large quantities of thick black smoke," he said. | "The key to this is there is an oil tank involved as you would expect in a builder's yard, and a lot of plastic piping which is highly flammable producing large quantities of thick black smoke," he said. |
| "Thanks to the hard work of our people we have managed to bring it under control." | "Thanks to the hard work of our people we have managed to bring it under control." |