A NUMBER of homes were evacuated in Redcar tonight following a fire involving a propane gas cylinder.
Police threw a 200 metre safety cordon around the burning cylinder in Kendal Grove as firefighters used water jets to cool it down.
A number of homes in Kendal Grove and Ambleside Avenue were evacuated as a precaution - but householders were later allowed back once the cylinder was considered safe.
The alarm was raised at 7pm and police reported at 8.15pm that firefighters and police officers had been stood down from the incident.
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