23-02-2016, 06:54 PM
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Major Incident: Blast At Didcot Power Station
I hope everyone there is safe.https://uk.news.yahoo.com/loud-blast...165733771.html
A major incident has been declared and several casualties feared after reports of a loud blast at Didcot Power Station.
Six ambulances and two air ambulances have been sent to the site in south Oxfordshire, South Central Ambulance Service said.
A spokesman said: "We are describing it as a major incident."
He added that he thought there would be casualties.
Photographs from the scene show a large part of the former coal-fired Didcot A site has collapsed. The plant shut in 2013.
Thames Valley Police said it was called to the site at 4pm.
"Officers are at Didcot Power Station at an incident with other emergency services. Further details will be released in due course. #Didcot," the force tweeted.
David Cooke, whose company Thames Cryogenics overlooks the station, said: "Our building shook and as we looked out of the window, the end of the main turbine hall collapsed in a huge pile of dust.
"It totally obscured the towers and must have drifted across the roads and main rail line. What's left looks a tangled mess.
"The dust was hanging over the area for five to 10 minutes.
"First thought was, it didn't looked planned, followed by the thought that people are going to have been hurt."
The reports of explosion comes 16 months since a major fire struck a cooling tower at Didcot B, another plant on the site.
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23-02-2016, 07:20 PM
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Re: Major Incident: Blast At Didcot Power Station
More to that story than meets the eye. There are 2 plants there and this one was scheduled for demolition I believe. After the initial deafening blast, there were police/ambulance sirens and helicopters within 30 seconds according to an eye witness. Pretty quick don't you think?
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