Shropshire Star

Heater sparks fire in Shrewsbury town centre NatWest branch

Two fire engines were scrambled to the centre of Shrewsbury on Tuesday afternoon to reports of a fire at a bank.

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NatWest in Shrewsbury. Photo: Google

Crews were scrambled from the town's fire station to Mardol Head at 3.39pm to reports of a fire in a branch of NatWest.

A Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service operations officer was also sent to the bank where they found a fire involving a small heater on the ground floor.

They used buckets of water to put it out.

The service's stop message was sent at 4.12pm.