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Fire at Christie hospital cancer research labs

A fire at an office and laboratory block at the Christie in Manchester has led to evacuations and road closures around the hospital site.

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Important cancer sample collections are safe following fire at Cancer Research UK Institute

Cancer research stretching back 25 years has been saved after a fire at a building next to the Christie in Manchester.

Staff were originally fearful many samples had been destroyed in the blaze but Professor Richard Marais, Director of Cancer Research UK Institute says a lot of the important samples are safe.

We were able to salvage some very important sample collections that have taken 25 years to collect.

– Professor Richard Marais, Director of Cancer Research UK Institute

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