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    Barn destroyed in Broadcyst

    60 firefighters battle blaze in building with hazardous fertilizer

    There's been a major fire in Broadclyst overnight.

    Sixty firefighters tackled a blaze on a farm.

    A barn containing twenty bags of the fertilizer ammonia nitrate - which is also used for explosives - caught light at around midnight. As well as appliances from Middlemoor, Ottery St Mary and Topsham, the Environmental Unit from Taunton and Welfare Unit from Crediton attended.

    The barn's been completely destroyed and the site is now being dampened.

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