My Husband has worked for Alcohols at the Crosswells Road site for 20 years.

The company has an excellent reputation and work consistantly with the fire service to ensure safety regulations and the correct working procedures are followed at all times to prevent accidents like this from happening.

Thankfully accidents are very rare, and there has not been one like this for many many years.

Unfortunately one man an employee was hurt in the blast, but I have been told his burns are not life threatening.

Fifty homes have been evacuated in the vicinity, and trains running the Stourbridge through to Birmingham route have been canceled because they run past the site.

The fire service are still at the site to prevent any further explosions from the chemicals stored there, and will remain there throughout the night to try and prevent the fire from spreading to other nearby buildings.

And a very big thank you to West Midlands Fire Service for the remarkable work that they do!!!!