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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 cordoned off the area around Islington Wharf in Penryn. Commercial Road and Church Hill are also 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 30 people who live in the area 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. | 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." | "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." |