Updated: Stibbington incident believed to be methanol explosion

Cambridgeshire police said an incident at a bio-fuel plant was believed to have been a methanol explosion.

Although three people were inside the building at the time of the explosion, no one suffered serious injuries.

A spokesman said: "We were called at 7.44pm last night (Wednesday, Nov 28) by the ambulance service reporting an industrial accident at a warehouse in Great North Road, Stibbington.

"It is believed this was a methanol explosion.

"Local residents were advised to stay inside with windows and doors closed.

"The road was closed from the A1 towards the site, up to the exit passed the train station.

"All three emergency services were in attendance. A scene has been put in place.

"We are working with our partner agencies to establish the cause of the explosion."

Emergency services including fire investigators were still at the scene on Thursday (November 29).

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to the scene of a fire at 7.40pm following reports of an explosion.

Crews from Stanground, Dogsthorpe, the Peterborough Volunteers Fire Brigade, Whittlesey, St Neots and Stamford in Lincolnshire attended the incident.

A spokesman said: "Firefighters arrived to find a fire in a factory unit.

"Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using a hose reel and jets.

"All persons were accounted for.

"The crews remained at the scene until around midnight.

"An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire."

The Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Roads Policing Unit all responded.

Nene Valley Railway, which is based nearby said its Santa Steam services were unaffected.

Spokesman Jerry Thurston added: "Indeed, the railway were pleased to be able to open their facilities to the emergency services to give them what little help they could while they attended the incident

"The railway would like to record their thanks to the emergency services for both their swift response to subsequent containment of the issues that arose."

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