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Dear Councillor Nemeth, Following on from our telephone conversation a little earlier and to feedback regarding residents’ concerns. The fire at Chandlers builders merchants yesterday involved building material such as wood, paint etc. East Sussex Fire and Rescue advised that there were no...

I guess with the building so unstable you can only rely on getting the water in from the outside, so difficult to tackle every bit.

Still burning into the early hours...

Smoke has all but gone. They treated timber there as well as other products. I expect you are right, it is probably a right mess.

The fire appears to be a break from the bins! I note a post from someone who works at Chandlers saying everyone got out safely apparently.

https://www.facebook.com/777268760/videos/10157266984588761/ Building appears to just melt from the intensity of the fire..

Still huge plumes of smoke coming from it, I'm up near Old Shoreham Road and it is thick smoke travelling north. Still emergency vehicles racing to the site.

Buzz On Boundary, an ever reliable source of local facts and news reporting it as an explosion followed by intense fire. Sirens still going.

That wasn't a bad geographical guess Bold!

Looks to me that it must be where the timber merchants / magnet place is toward the East end of the basin opposite the petrol station. Wind blowing a steady Southerly so the smoke is covering Mile Oak and Hangleton too.

Thick smoke all the way up Benfield Valley, major incident by the looks of it.