Shrewsbury flats evacuated after blaze breaks out
A four-storey block of flats was evacuated after a blaze broke out in a first-floor property.
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Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used hoses put out the fire in the living room of the flat, in St Mary's Street, Shrewsbury.
Ventilation equipment was used to clear smoke from adjoining properties, with crews leaving the scene at about 5.30am.
In a separate incidents, firefighters were called to a commercial property in Station Road, Minsterley shortly after 5am after a fire alarm was activated in the basement.
A spokesman for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said the alarm had been sparked by a compressor overheating.
Firefighters used specialist thermal imaging cameras to search the basement of the property.
