At 5.20pm last night, Tuesday 12th June 2012 North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS) attended the report of a fire at Kronospan Ltd in Chirk.  NWFRS deployed four appliances, a foam carrier and an area ladder platform from Fire Stations in Wrexham, Deeside and Llangollen.

Gareth Griffiths of NWFRS said "The fire was contained to a refiner in the production area and quickly extinguished.  No persons were injured during the course of this incident"

The cause of the fire is not known at this stage.