RESIDENTS have been warned by cops to STAY INDOORS after a chemical plant leak.
Fire rescue crews scrambled to the scene at Dow Corning in Barry, Vale of Glamorganthe, in South Wales this evening.
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South Wales Police urged locals living near the site to keep their windows and doors shut as a “precaution”.
Those in the Sully and Penarth areas have also been affected.
The cause of the leak is under investigation as emergency services work to contain it.
Locals have reported a bad smell and claimed an alarm had been going off in the nearby town.
Residents were also understood to have received an urgent text alert warning them of a “major emergency” at the plant after a “chemical release”.
A force spokesperson said: “Please be advised that there has been a chemical leak at Dow Corning in Barry and residents in the Dinas Powys, Sully and Penarth areas are advised to close doors and windows as a precaution while the matter is being dealt with.”
The chemical plant has produced silicone since 1952 and it currently employs around 630 people.
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