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Students sent home as NIFRS deal with fire at NRC Ballymena

  • Sep 17, 2021
  • 1 min read

Classes were cancelled and students sent home on Friday morning (17 September) as Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service were tasked to deal a small fire at Northern Regional College’s Trostan Avenue campus in Ballymena.


It is understood understood a small electrical transformer had caught fire.


According to NIFRS a call was received at 10.38am and 2 Fire Appliances were dispatched from Ballymena Fire Station.


A spokesperson said: “Firefighters were called to reports of a small fire. They wore breathing apparatus and used 2 Carbon Dioxide extinguishers to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire is believed to have been accidental ignition and the incident was dealt with by 11.59am.”



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