A BOMBSHELL for jobs fell as a building firm suddenly announced the closure of its Blackburn factory.
Two hundred workers were set to lose their jobs at Premier Building Systems on the Whitebirk industrial estate.
Owners AAF Industries PLC said the factory was losing money and blamed the recession. The firm's operations were to be merged into the firm's plant near Hull.
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