29/06/2007

Medical Centre 'safe' after search

Queen's University Medical Biology Centre has been declared safe following reports of fumes in the area.

Firefighters called to the centre on the Lisburn Road declared the area safe on Thursday evening after a major operation by officers wearing breathing apparatus who searched the building.

Officers identified one possible area where there may have been a spill, and the area is being monitored.

(SP/KMcA)

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