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Police revoke emergency declaration in Virginia on Brisbane's northside after factory chemical leak

Members of the public have been told to avoid the area. (Supplied: Queensland Police Service)

Police have revoked an emergency declaration in Brisbane's north after a chemical spill forced evacuations earlier this afternoon.

An emergency declaration was declared in Virginia after emergency services were called to a Newtown Street factory at 2:35pm.

An exclusion zone was previously in place between the intersections of Newtown Street and Robinson Road, Hadley Street and Robinson Road, Bilsen Road and Robinson Road, Lisgar Street and Pritchard Road and Newtown Street and Pritchard Road.

There have been no reports of injury.

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