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| Penryn boatyard fire hits chemical drums | Penryn boatyard fire hits chemical drums |
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| Drums containing a toxic chemical have caught fire in a blaze at a Cornish boatyard. | Drums containing a toxic chemical have caught fire in a blaze at a Cornish boatyard. |
| Police have cordoned off the area around Islington Wharf in Penryn and Church Hill has also been closed. | Police have cordoned off the area around Islington Wharf in Penryn and Church Hill has also been closed. |
| The four drums are thought to contain phosgene, a gas used in weapons during World War I but now often used in pharmaceuticals. | The four drums are thought to contain phosgene, a gas used in weapons during World War I but now often used in pharmaceuticals. |
| The drums have been dampened down and eight people who live on boats near the fire have been moved as a precaution. | The drums have been dampened down and eight people who live on boats near the fire have been moved as a precaution. |
| Jeremy Atkins who runs a fish shop at the boatyard said: "I went to the top of the yard and I could see a big barrel on fire. | |
| "People have been evacuated up to Penryn School. The medics want to check us all over to make sure we're OK because of the fumes." |