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| Blaze damages cigarette factory | Blaze damages cigarette factory |
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| Part of Gallaher's cigarette factory in County Antrim has been destroyed in a fire. | |
| More than 50 firefighters and ten appliances fought the blaze at Galgorm Road, Ballymena, on Sunday evening. | More than 50 firefighters and ten appliances fought the blaze at Galgorm Road, Ballymena, on Sunday evening. |
| The two-storey high building which was used for storage was gutted in the blaze. | The two-storey high building which was used for storage was gutted in the blaze. |
| No-one was injured. Peter O'Reilly, area commander with the Fire and Rescue Service, said the fire proved difficult to contain. | No-one was injured. Peter O'Reilly, area commander with the Fire and Rescue Service, said the fire proved difficult to contain. |
| "It was very complicated and technically difficult, made so by the age and size of the building," he said. | "It was very complicated and technically difficult, made so by the age and size of the building," he said. |
| Fire crews wearing breathing apparatus were sent inside the building to prevent the blaze spreading to a store which contained valuable tobacco products. | Fire crews wearing breathing apparatus were sent inside the building to prevent the blaze spreading to a store which contained valuable tobacco products. |