According to the BBC website, 21 families were evacuated from Barnfield Way to St Agatha's Hall after a gas cylinder exploded in the fire. [I am not sure what happened to them all, as Aggies looked all shut up as I walked past it to the station this morning.]
However the BBC reports that an exclusion zone remains in place around the old Ajax factory, in Holland Road, to allow other gas cylinders to cool. Firefighters used ground monitors to cool the gas cylinders and are keeping a "watching brief" as it is still unsafe to enter the building. Police said Barnfield Way and Holland Road would remain closed to traffic and residents until the area was declared safe, which is expected to be this afternoon at the earliest.
Fire investigators and police are looking into the cause of the fire. Fortunately it appears that no-one was injured in the fire.
