Fire crews scrambled to report of house blaze in north Shropshire
Firefighters have been sent to a house fire in Wem.
The fire service says that all persons have been accounted for and are safe and well in the incident at New Street.
A spokesperson for Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service said: "At 6.55pm on Monday, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as house fire, persons reported, in Wem.
"Three fire appliances were mobilised from Prees, Wem and Whitchurch. An Operations officer was in attendance."
When they arrived they found a fire in a cupboard in a kitchen. The house was filled with smoke.
Crews are at the scene using breathing kit, one hose reel jet and a covering water jet to deal with the incident.
The incident was reported to be ongoing at 7.20pm on Monday.
