{"id":235573,"date":"2023-09-12T00:55:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T00:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=235573"},"modified":"2023-09-12T00:55:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T00:55:39","slug":"dinner-lady-vape-factory-engulfed-by-huge-fire-and-melts-as-choking-smoke-fills-town-and-locals-told-to-shut-windows-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/dinner-lady-vape-factory-engulfed-by-huge-fire-and-melts-as-choking-smoke-fills-town-and-locals-told-to-shut-windows-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner Lady Vape factory engulfed by huge fire and 'melts' as choking smoke fills town and locals told to shut windows | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
FIREFIGHTERS are urging Blackburn residents to keep their windows closed as they battle a huge blaze at a vape factory.<\/p>\n
The Dinner Lady vape factory in Shadsworth Business Park went up in flames at roughly 8.30pm this evening.<\/p>\n
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Several fire engines are now at the scene as emergency services battle to get the blaze under control.<\/p>\n
Photos show huge black plumes of smoke across the sky.<\/p>\n
Nobody is believed to have been injured.<\/p>\n
One witness told Lancashire Live: "The whole factory seems to have completely melted. I've never seen anything like it."<\/p>\n
A Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We are receiving multiple calls about a building fire in Blackburn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have 8 fire engines at the scene, just off Haslingden Road, Blackburn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you can see or smell smoke, please close windows and doors."<\/p>\n
Dinner Lady sell vapes "for beginners trying to quit smoking", according to their website.<\/p>\n
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