A 200-METRE exclusion zone has been set up after a fire involving gas cylinders broke out on the Granby Industrial Estate in Chickerell, Weymouth.
Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to the blaze at Universal Engineering in Cumberland Drive shortly after 6am.
The canisters were found to involve acetylene and cordons were set up, roads were closed and nearby premises were evacuated because of fears of an explosion.
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