Belfast schools evacuated as brewery fire prompts asbestos scare

Nearly 2,000 pupils were evacuated from two west Belfast schools today when a major fire broke out in the former Bass Ireland brewery.

Belfast schools evacuated as brewery fire prompts asbestos scare

Nearly 2,000 pupils were evacuated from two west Belfast schools today when a major fire broke out in the former Bass Ireland brewery.

Fears of asbestos particles in heavy smoke billowing from the old plant prompted the PSNI and Fire & Rescue Service to recommend a shutdown of the schools nearby on the Glen Road.

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