Shropshire Star

Shop staff in Bridgnorth prove to be hot stuff when it comes to fire-fighting

Staff at a shop turned into fire fighters when they extinguished a blaze in a car.

Published
The co-op store in Mill Street, Bridgnorth. Picture: Google

Firefighters were scrambled to the Co-Operative, in Mill Street, Bridgnorth, at 2.17pm on Saturday to reports of a car fire.

When they got there they found that staff from the co-op had managed to put the fire out.

A spokesman for Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service said: "Fire was extinguished prior to arrival of fire service by co-op staff and car had subsequently driven away."

The fire service confirmed that its team was not required to put the fire out and the car had been driven off.

Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article.