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Slough industrial estate ablaze after explosion

01/12/2008

There has been a large explosion and a fire has broken out at a Slough trading estate, police report.

Emergency services were called to the Slough Trading Estate at 10:00 GMT after reports of an explosion.

Reports claim a 200-metre cordon has been set up around the business unit and fire crews are tackling the blaze.

Eyewitnesses claim to have seen black smoke rising from the site after an "almighty explosion" shook nearby buildings.

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