Chemicals to be burned are toxic and can be lethal

A LOCAL authority has told concerned Wicklow residents that chemicals set to be destroyed near their homes are “toxic, highly inflammable and in certain circumstances can be lethal”, locals were told this week.

Hydrogen cyanide liquid and residue in seven cylinders is set to be burnt off on an army firing range in Kilbride, Co Wicklow, under controversial council plans.

Officials from pest control company Rentokil, which is destroying the hydrogen cyanide, held a meeting with local representatives this week to allay fears over the burning of the chemical batches.