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TRAFFIC ALERT: Explosion fears cause evacuation
TRAM and bus services are today suffering major disruption after police closed off a Sheffield road because of fears that gas cylinders could explode.
Police were alerted to the potential problem by firefighters called to a garage on Woodbourn Road, between Attercliffe and Darnall, at around 11am.
They were dealing with a car fire at Don Motors when they were informed that cylinders of acetylene gas, used for welding, are stored there.
Because the cylinders can explode if they get too hot, firefighters will have to be on stand-by at the garage for the next 24 hours.
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Businesses in the area have been evacuated and a 200 metre safety cordon has been set up around the garage, and buses and trams were ordered to stop running on safety grounds.
Supertram has announced that for the next 24 hours it will run services between Meadowhall and the Arena and from Middlewood and Herdings Park only as far as Cricket Inn Road, Wybourn.
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Thursday 09 February 2012
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