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Firefighters tackle blaze for nearly 12 hours

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service A building up in orange and red blazes, with big black smoke plume above. To the bottom, we can see water being thrown in the direction of the building. Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) crews also stepped in to help Mid and West Wales services

A blaze at an industrial building took firefighters 12 hours to control.

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called to the incident on Pontardawe Road in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot at 14:57 GMT on Monday.

The fire was put out just before 03:00 on Tuesday.

The fire service said 15 crews were faced with a rapidly developing fire involving storage units and multiple chemicals used in manufacturing.

They added the incident did not involve any casualties and crews successfully prevented the fire in the rear storage units from spreading to the main building structure.