Fire crews were called to a fire and chemical leak at a Hereford factory yesterday.
Firefighters from Hereford and Leominster were sent to Special Metals Wiggin on Holmer Road.
They extinguished the fire and dealt with a small chemical leak which was contained and was not involved in the fire.
Sheds housing nearly 200,000 broiler chickens at a Herefordshire farm are to be demolished and rebuilt to a higher standard.
A planning application by Avara Foods, one of the county’s largest employers, says the replacement sheds at Parkway Farm, Madley west of Hereford would have the same footprint as the current eight within the two-hectare site, and “will not result in any increase in floor area, bird numbers, or operational intensity”.
