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Bosley explosion: 'Casualties and five trapped' in wood works blast Bosley explosion: 'Casualties and four missing' in wood works blast
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Up to five people are thought to be trapped and there are "multiple casualties" after two explosions at a wood works near Macclesfield. Four people are thought to be trapped and there are "multiple casualties" after several explosions at a wood treatment works near Macclesfield.
A four-storey building collapsed at Wood Flour Mills on Tunstall Road in Bosley, at 09:10 BST, with large fires at the scene. A four-storey building collapsed at Wood Flour Mills on Tunstall Road, Bosley, at 09:10 BST, with large fires breaking out, the fire service said.
Cheshire Police described it as a "major incident", with firefighters not ruling out further explosions. Cheshire Police said two people have been taken to hospital with burns.
A woman whose house shook in the blast tweeted it felt like "an earthquake". They described it as a "major incident", with firefighters not ruling out further explosions.
The force added the "vast majority of staff are accounted for and safe and well".
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'Shockwave''Shockwave'
Cheshire East Council has asked people to avoid the Tunstall Road area of Bosley, and residents have been advised to close doors and windows.Cheshire East Council has asked people to avoid the Tunstall Road area of Bosley, and residents have been advised to close doors and windows.
Norman, who did not wish to give his full name, told BBC Radio Manchester: "We live more than half a mile away and yet the shockwave was so much that I actually thought something had hit the house.Norman, who did not wish to give his full name, told BBC Radio Manchester: "We live more than half a mile away and yet the shockwave was so much that I actually thought something had hit the house.
"When I went outside you could see the huge pall of smoke and the flames leaping up from down near the works.""When I went outside you could see the huge pall of smoke and the flames leaping up from down near the works."
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) sent six ambulances, two rapid response vehicles and an air ambulance is at the scene. At the scene
BBC Radio Manchester reporter Michelle AdamsonBBC Radio Manchester reporter Michelle Adamson
Looking out from a car park, two or three fields away, there are plumes and clouds of smoke. These were white and grey in colour but are now black.Looking out from a car park, two or three fields away, there are plumes and clouds of smoke. These were white and grey in colour but are now black.
You can taste the smoke after this substantial explosion and subsequent fire.You can taste the smoke after this substantial explosion and subsequent fire.
As I was arriving there were two fire engines squealing past and there is a constant sound of sirens.As I was arriving there were two fire engines squealing past and there is a constant sound of sirens.
A whole fleet of ambulances are attending the scene.A whole fleet of ambulances are attending the scene.
An NWAS spokesperson said: "Our primary role is to assess the level and nature of injuries, and ensure that those people most in need are treated first and taken to hospital. North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) sent six ambulances, two rapid response vehicles and an air ambulance is at the scene.
"At this stage, it is too early for us to confirm the number of casualties." An NWAS spokesperson said: "So far one patient has been taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital by land ambulance and one patient taken to Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, by air ambulance suffering from burns."
Electricity North West said power was cut to 165 homes in Bosely to "allow firefighters to carry out their work safely".
Angela Shuker, who lives one farm along from the wood treatment works, said: "Our doors in the house just banged. We could see the flames rising not far from us down the road from the mill."Angela Shuker, who lives one farm along from the wood treatment works, said: "Our doors in the house just banged. We could see the flames rising not far from us down the road from the mill."
Follow regular updates on BBC Stoke and Staffordshire's Local Live feed. Charli Alston, 18, was walking her dog when she witnessed the explosion.
She said: "I was walking down my drive and there was just a huge bang. It sounded like a thunder cloud, we didn't know what it was.
"We looked over and there were massive plumes of flames. Almost as high as the hill next to it."
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