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| Cheshire mill explosion: Search team hunts for missing four workers at Bosley blast site | Cheshire mill explosion: Search team hunts for missing four workers at Bosley blast site |
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| Cheshire Police have confirmed that three explosions caused the fire at Wood Flour Mills in Bosley where a search team is now looking for four missing factory workers. | Cheshire Police have confirmed that three explosions caused the fire at Wood Flour Mills in Bosley where a search team is now looking for four missing factory workers. |
| Cheshire Police tweeted just after 10.00am that a search of the wood treatment factory, near Macclesfield has begun. Three men and one woman remain unaccounted for. | Cheshire Police tweeted just after 10.00am that a search of the wood treatment factory, near Macclesfield has begun. Three men and one woman remain unaccounted for. |
| The scale of the search and rescue at #BosleyIncident Our thoughts are with all those waiting for news of loved ones. pic.twitter.com/McOhQCMm6w | |
| The search may soon be treated as a "recovery operation" rather than a rescue. | The search may soon be treated as a "recovery operation" rather than a rescue. |
| The four missing people are "believed to still be in the building", said Paul Hancock, chief fire officer for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service. | The four missing people are "believed to still be in the building", said Paul Hancock, chief fire officer for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service. |
| Mr Hancock said: "There's still hope but the longer the incident continues without knowing or locating these four individuals, it is looking more like a recovery than a rescue operation. Until we account for them there's always hope." | Mr Hancock said: "There's still hope but the longer the incident continues without knowing or locating these four individuals, it is looking more like a recovery than a rescue operation. Until we account for them there's always hope." |
| Thirty-five people were tended to at the scene by emergency services and four others were taken to hospital. | Thirty-five people were tended to at the scene by emergency services and four others were taken to hospital. |
| One woman, a 29-year-old, suffered serious burns to her head, face, arms and chest. | One woman, a 29-year-old, suffered serious burns to her head, face, arms and chest. |
| UPDATE #BosleyIncident 3 explosions 35 people directly affected 4 people taken to hospital 4 people reamain unaccounted for | UPDATE #BosleyIncident 3 explosions 35 people directly affected 4 people taken to hospital 4 people reamain unaccounted for |
| Specialist search and rescue dogs are being used to try to locate the missing people and fire services are still tackling "pockets" of fire in the destroyed building. | Specialist search and rescue dogs are being used to try to locate the missing people and fire services are still tackling "pockets" of fire in the destroyed building. |
| Firefighters and police are working to establish the cause of the blast and are protecting the area as a potential crime scene. | Firefighters and police are working to establish the cause of the blast and are protecting the area as a potential crime scene. |
| Fifteen fire engines and approximately 70 firefighters from Cheshire Fire and Rescue services attended the scene on Friday morning after the four-storey building collapsed in flames. | Fifteen fire engines and approximately 70 firefighters from Cheshire Fire and Rescue services attended the scene on Friday morning after the four-storey building collapsed in flames. |
| The building contained highly flammable wood flooring equipment as well as heating oil, kerosene, acetylene and asbestos. | The building contained highly flammable wood flooring equipment as well as heating oil, kerosene, acetylene and asbestos. |
| The search teams now present have experience working in the aftermath of earthquakes in Nepal, Japan and New Zealand. | The search teams now present have experience working in the aftermath of earthquakes in Nepal, Japan and New Zealand. |
| Firefighters are continuing to use water to cool silos on the site and assess temperatures using thermal image cameras. | Firefighters are continuing to use water to cool silos on the site and assess temperatures using thermal image cameras. |