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Fire fighters get up a head of steam to attend incident near Minsterley

Steam from cooking caused a false alarm for firefighters.

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Minsterley Fire Station. Picture: Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service

One fire appliance was mobilised from the station at Minsterley to Birch Grove, in Westbury at 4.53pm to reports of an automatic fire alarm going off.

A spokesman for Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service said the incident was classified as an automatic fire alarm in Westbury.

But they added that it was a "false alarm due to steam from cooking."

The incident was declared over at 5.19pm.