Five warehouses destroyed in NI fire

Five warehouses in Portadown have been destroyed in an overnight fire.

Five warehouses in Portadown have been destroyed in an overnight fire.

A number of houses nearby on the Ashgrove Road in the Co Armagh town were evacuated amid heavy smoke.

The fire is thought to have begun in a warehouse unit full of furniture and mattresses.

Elsewhere, homes were evacuated in the Lower Main Street area of Strabane, Co Tyrone, when fire broke out in a derelict building.

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