WORKERS at a Burnley factory had a narrow escape after a fire, which could be seen for miles, tore through the building.

The 60 staff at toiletry manufacturers Robert McBride's, Windermere Avenue, had been evacuated just an hour before the blaze because of a mystery phone call, but were then let back in after a search had been made.

The company refused to comment on whether it had received a bomb threat.

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