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.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Dec 2009, 12:53 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 01:05 BST

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.

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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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