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| Bosley explosion search team assessing Wood Flour Mills blast site | Bosley explosion search team assessing Wood Flour Mills blast site |
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| A search team is preparing to enter an explosion-hit wood treatment works near Macclesfield where four people remain missing. | |
| Smoke is still rising from the devastated four-storey Wood Flour Mills in Tunstall Road, Bosley, which collapsed on Friday. | Smoke is still rising from the devastated four-storey Wood Flour Mills in Tunstall Road, Bosley, which collapsed on Friday. |
| Pockets of the area are still alight and dogs are being used to search for the missing three men and one woman. | Pockets of the area are still alight and dogs are being used to search for the missing three men and one woman. |
| Cheshire Fire and Rescue said it had been a challenging night for crews. | Cheshire Fire and Rescue said it had been a challenging night for crews. |
| "Firefighters are continuing to use water to cool silos on the site and assess temperatures using thermal image cameras," the service said. | |
| "Specialist urban search and rescue teams have started initial assessments of the scene." | |
| On Friday, 35 people were assessed at the scene with four people treated for breathing difficulties and another four people taken to hospitals in Birmingham, Merseyside and Stoke. | |
| One 29-year-old woman sustained serious burns and blast injuries to her head, face, arms and chest. | |
| 'Search dog' | |
| The Conservative MP for Macclesfield, David Rutley, said there was a "really deep sense of shock" locally. | |
| "It's something that's affected most people who live in the village, because they all know somebody that works there...or worked there themselves." | |
| Fire crews described seeing a "scene of devastation" when they arrived. | |
| The building contained heating oil, kerosene, acetylene and asbestos. There is also a silo containing highly flammable wood flour used for making wood laminate flooring. | |
| The fire service added: "Cheshire's search dog Bryn and his handler have started initial work on part of the site with other search dogs en route to the site. | |
| "Specialist equipment is being organised to move two vehicles near the factory which were badly damaged in the fire to improve access to the factory." |