VIDEO: West Worthing evacuation – Police and firefighters interviews
WORTHING and Adur police district commander James Asser and West Sussex Fire and Rescue spokesman Gary Towson have spoken to the Herald about today's fire.
Click on the panel above to see video of filmed in the exclusion zone after a fire at an industrial unit in Friars Walk, West Worthing.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes as there was a risk acetylene cylinders on the site might explode.
The 200 metre exclusion zone was reduced to 80m at lunchtime today (Thursday, December 3), and includes Canterbury Road and Friars Walk.
Rail services were suspended between Worthing and Littlehampton, and are about to resume.
Read interviews with people evacuated from their homes by clicking here.
Read the Herald's first story about the fire here.
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Weather for Worthing
Monday 28 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 13 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: West
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Sunny spells
Temperature: 11 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
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