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| Residents return after farm fire | Residents return after farm fire |
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| A number of residents forced to leave their homes because of a fire at a farm in County Londonderry have been allowed to return. | A number of residents forced to leave their homes because of a fire at a farm in County Londonderry have been allowed to return. |
| Emergency services were called to the blaze on the Carrowreagh Road in Garvagh at about 0440 GMT on Saturday. | |
| Police have said the fire is being treated as suspicious. | |
| John Allen from the NI Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze at the shed was complicated as the premises contained fertilizer, gas cylinders and diesel. | John Allen from the NI Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze at the shed was complicated as the premises contained fertilizer, gas cylinders and diesel. |
| "That coupled with the fact that the shed was constructed of asbestos meant that there was an impact on some of the local residents," he added. | "That coupled with the fact that the shed was constructed of asbestos meant that there was an impact on some of the local residents," he added. |
| "Some of the residents were advised to evacuate their homes because the smoke that comes off from the burning of fertilizer is particularly toxic." | "Some of the residents were advised to evacuate their homes because the smoke that comes off from the burning of fertilizer is particularly toxic." |