Residents return after chemical scare
Residents of a Llanelli care home and neighbouring houses have returned home following investigations over a suspected chemical leak last night (Wednesday, March 16). Fire crews, police and environmental health officials evacuated homes in the Felinfoel Road area of Llanelli following reports of a strong chemical odour. Staff at the independently-run Caeffair nursing home first reported the smell at around 6pm, and the evacuation was based on the response of fire crews who attended the scene. Following extensive investigations, the response was downgraded at 10.30pm and neighbouring residents were allowed to return home shortly after, although all 33 residents and staff of Caeffair were accommodated overnight in local authority care homes. The conclusion reached by the council’s investigating officers was that someone may have tipped a small amount of paint thinners, paraffin, diesel fuel or heating oil into the local drainage system, which had vented through the drainage system of the...