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Isle of Grain LNG terminal emergency alarm to sound across Kent today

Today villagers on the Isle of Grain experienced a sound they hope never to hear at any other time.

The annual test of the Grain village siren took place, a warning sound that signals an emergency at the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal.

The siren, which is located behind the fire station, sounded between 11am and 12.30pm. There were two different siren tones and each was tested twice.

The first was the warning alarm, the second, an all-clear signal.

Examples of incidents in which the siren could be used for real could be very serious, posing a danger to a wide area.

Council guidelines state an explosion, fire or a major gas emission could all trigger the alarm, when "uncontrolled developments" at the gas terminal lead to "serious danger to human health or the environment."

The Grain LNG is run by the National Grid, and is the largest of its kind, by capacity, in Europe and eighth largest in the world.

It provides a fifth of the UK's gas, stored in massive above ground tanks that can be seen for several miles.

The Grain village siren could be heard across Medway, including Chatham and Gillingham.

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