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" South Wales Police confirmed they are in attendance at the TATA-owned plant - with locals describing red smoke and the smell of sulphur after the loud bangs.
Helicopters can be heard overhead as the emergency services rush to the scene, with one resident saying "I can see the fire now."
One local tweeted soon after the blast at 3.30am: "Huge explosion in Port Talbot just woke me up, the house shook for a good while and I actually thought it was an earthquake again, s**t myself!"
Another said: "I swear something just blew up in port Talbot. 3 huge bangs and the pressure blew my bedroom door open.
South Wales Police then responded: "South Wales Police are aware of an incident in TATA Steelworks, Port Talbot.
"Emergency services are in attendance and further information will be released shortly. Thank you for your patience."
Reaction began flooding in, with one twitter user simply posting "Port Talbot is gooners".
Another shocked resident said: "Sitting in my bed around 3:30 heard 3 loud bangs. Opened my front door to see a cloud of red smoke followed by the smell of sulphur. Hope everyone's okay in there."
Residents flooded social media to say they felt their homes shake after the blasts.
Paget wrote: "That must of woke the whole of port Talbot , really hope everyone's ok in the steel works."
Matthew Kearney: "Port Talbot, that was the loudest thing I've ever heard. Woke me sharply, and continued to crash as I came to. Plagued now with worry about the works.
"Can hear helicopters above now. Surreal, this. Hope everyone is okay."
Twitter user @Buff423 write: "There was just a big explosion from port Talbot steelworks that just shook the house, hoping no one was hurt.
Over 4,000 people work at the plant, which is said to produce nearly five tonnes for steel per annum.
In 2001 an explosion at the plant killed three men, while the works was fined £500,000 over the death of worker Kevin Downey in 2006.
Corus Steel owned the plant until it was taken over by TATA in 2007."