Firefighters were left tackling a basement blaze at a Hertfordshire infant school and nursery last night for nearly two hours.
The fire broke out at Letchmore Infants and Nursery School on Letchmore Road in Stevenage yesterday evening (February 22).
A spokesperson for the Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called at 7:45pm on Tuesday February 22 to a report of a fire at Letchmore Infants & Nursery School in Stevenage.
“Two fire engines from Stevenage fire station were sent to the scene, where firefighters discovered a fire in a basement boiler room.
“Crews entered the building and extinguished the fire, before ventilating the building to clear the smoke. Crews left the scene at 9:26pm.”
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