Firefighters rush to blaze at Shrewsbury town centre clothes shop caused by discarded cigarette
Firefighters rushed to a town centre clothes shop to tackle a blaze started by a discarded cigarette.
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Two fire engines were sent to Joules, on the corner of Shrewsbury’s High Street and Mardol Head at around 1.53pm.
Crews used buckets of water to put the fire out.
A brief report on the Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service incident log said: “Incident involving discarded cigarette from pavement level falling into basement level of Joules.
“Small fire involving a small quantity of paper which was out on arrival (of firefighters).
“Crews removed waste material from the premises and dampened down with buckets of water as a precaution.”
Fire engines were sent from Telford Central and Wellington on a busy afternoon for the county’s fire brigade. An operations officer was also in attendance.
