Chatham Docks evacuated after gas leak scare
Published: 10:24, 31 August 2012
Updated: 12:13, 31 August 2012
Workers were evacuated from Chatham Docks this morning following a gas leak scare.
Emergency services were called to the industrial docks in Gillingham, pictured left, following reports of a tank leaking gas at 8am.
Around 20 firefighters and three fire engines went to the site, which had been evacuated by the time crews arrived.
A Kent Fire and Rescue spokesman said the leak started in a tank containing liquid gas, but was confirmed empty soon after firefighters arrived.
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