ON SUNDAY (Oct 14) at 11:45am, firefighters from Llandysul were called to a flood-related incident in Station Road, near the Tyweli River.
On attendance to the incident, firefighters were confronted with a strong smell of gas, where approximately 60 gas cylinders had entered the river and accumulated in a culvert. Western Power were also in attendance to make safe a live electrical wire, from a three-phase electrical pumping station.
The Fire Service evacuated 12 properties from either side of the river and cordoned off Station Road for public safety.
Firefighters retrieved approximately 40 cylinders from the river and monitored the incident until the level of the flood water dropped.
The Police Service were also in attendance.
The cordons have now been lifted and business owners and residents have returned to their properties.
The Fire Service received the stop message at 09:02am this morning (Oct 15).
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