City inferno chaos

A MAJOR investigation is underway into claims radioactive waste was illegally stored in a warehouse which narrowly escaped destruction in a huge fire in Cork city yesterday.

The city fire brigade received an anonymous telephone call which prompted the radioactive alert in the midst of the emergency at the Millfield industrial complex in Blackpool.

“We took his call very seriously but, as there was no danger to the unit where it was alleged this radioactive material has been stored, we saw no reason to force the doors,” a spokesman for the fire brigade said.