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| Bosley explosion: 'Casualties and four missing' in wood works blast | Bosley explosion: 'Casualties and four missing' in wood works blast |
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| Four people are thought to be trapped and there are "multiple casualties" after several explosions at a wood treatment 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, Bosley, at 09:10 BST, with large fires breaking out, the fire service said. | 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 said two people have been taken to hospital with burns. | Cheshire Police said two people have been taken to hospital with burns. |
| They described it as a "major incident", with firefighters not ruling out further explosions. | 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". | The force added the "vast majority of staff are accounted for and safe and well". |
| 'Still raging' | |
| Fifteen fire engines are at the scene, with search and rescue teams also called to assist with the rescue efforts. | |
| Ch Insp Paul Carroll from Cheshire Police told BBC Radio Stoke: "The fire is still raging at this point in time. | |
| "We've had a number of multiple explosions on site which have hindered our access in searching for unaccounted persons." | |
| Follow regular updates on BBC Stoke and Staffordshire's Local Live feed. | |
| 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." |
| At the scene | At the scene |
| BBC Radio Manchester reporter Michelle Adamson | BBC 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. |
| North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) sent six ambulances and two rapid response vehicles. An air ambulance was also at the scene. | |
| 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." | 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". | 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." |
| Charli Alston, 18, was walking her dog when she witnessed the explosion. | 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. | 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." | "We looked over and there were massive plumes of flames. Almost as high as the hill next to it." |
| Are you in the area? Please email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your experiences. | Are you in the area? Please email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your experiences. |
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