Work is to resume at a Belfast aerospace factory today, following a fire at the site on Sunday.

The main building at the Shorts factory in the east of the city was damaged in a blaze that began in an area where metal components are cleaned before going to assembly lines

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Maintenance staff at the facility discovered the fire.

Shorts, which is owned by Canadian firm Bombardier, is to investigate the incident, but said it does not expect production at the site to be affected.

(NS/BMcC)