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Man found alive after warehouse cheese collapse

A worker has been rescued after 4,000 tons of cheese collapsed on him in a warehouse in Market Drayton.

He was trapped for eight hours on Friday after shelves full of goods came down on him at Edwards Transport.

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  1. Chris Halpin

'Miracle' rescue for man buried by 4000 tonnes of cheese

A forklift truck driver is lucky to be alive after he was rescued from underneath thousands of tonnes of cheese.

Rescuers had started to give up hope after racks of shelving collapsed at a warehouse in Shropshire.

But after eight hours, and what Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have described as their largest ever rescue, the worker emerged pretty much unscathed. Chris Halpin has the story.

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