Residents hit by flooding call for quarry to shut after blast
Emergency services were called and roads remain shut in Gwaelod-y-Garth, on the outskirts of Cardiff. A spokesperson for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said it would work with South Wales Police to investigate. The chief executive officer of quarry owner the Breedon Group, Mike Pearce, said it would support the authorities with their investigation and would be carrying out its own to understand what happened.
- ▪Emergency services were called and roads remain shut in Gwaelod-y-Garth, on the outskirts of Cardiff.
- ▪A spokesperson for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said it would work with South Wales Police to investigate.
- ▪The chief executive officer of quarry owner the Breedon Group, Mike Pearce, said it would support the authorities with their investigation and would be carrying out its own to understand what happened.
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Residents hit by flooding call for quarry to shut after blastImage caption, The Health and Safety Executive says it is working with South Wales Police to investigateByMaria Cassidy, BBC Wales and Stephen Fairclough, Reporting fromGwaelod-y-GarthPublished2 hours agoResidents who were forced to evacuate their homes because of flooding following a planned blast at Taff's Well quarry have called for it to shut. Emergency services were called and roads remain shut in Gwaelod-y-Garth, on the outskirts of Cardiff. A spokesperson for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said it would work with South Wales Police to investigate.
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