Firefighters tackle Oswestry house blaze
Dozens of firefighters tackled a fire which ripped through the roof of a home in Oswestry.
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Roads surrounding the house in Wern-ddu were closed while fire crews battled the blaze this evening.
Crews from Baschurch, Bridgnorth, Ellesmere, Minsterley, Oswestry, Prees and Tweedale were called at 6.30pm.
A spokesman for Shropshire Fire and Rescue said the building was "100 per cent involved in fire" and crews were still working at the scene hours later.
The five appliances included a heavy pumping unit, the incident command unit, the incident support unit, the Land Rover pump and the water carrier.
Several pumping appliances were used to ferry water from nearby hydrants.
Staff from a utility company and police were also called to the scene.
