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19/02/2014
RAF Carry Out Controlled Explosion At Engine Factory
An RAF explosive ordnance team has carried out a controlled explosion at an engine factory in Cambridgeshire.
Staff at the Peterborough headquarters of Perkins, which makes off-highway diesel and gas engines, were evacuated at about 01:30 on Wednesday morning after chemicals where found to be "unstable".
A controlled explosion was carried out at 08:00 on a small quantity of Picric acid, which is classed as an explosive and formally called trinitrophenol.
Road closures in the area have now been lifted.
(MH/JP)
Staff at the Peterborough headquarters of Perkins, which makes off-highway diesel and gas engines, were evacuated at about 01:30 on Wednesday morning after chemicals where found to be "unstable".
A controlled explosion was carried out at 08:00 on a small quantity of Picric acid, which is classed as an explosive and formally called trinitrophenol.
Road closures in the area have now been lifted.
(MH/JP)
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