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Dramatic scenes as emergency services in Ayrshire stage ghost tower block fire exercise

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Irvine as emergency workers carried out a full-scale fire simulation.Firefighters, police and the ambulance service took part in the major role playing exercise on Wednesday which saw artificial smoke billow from a disused high-rise and dummy 'victims' rescued and 'treated' on site.More than 60 people — including volunteers — took part in the event at Doon Court which was organised by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.The scale of the operation — which prepped teams for similar future incidents — saw fire chiefs issue a pre-warning to avoid spooking members of the public.Area commander Ian McMeekin said “Exercises such as this are important and hugely worthwhile for our firefighters to train to protect our communities alongside emergency.

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