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Firefighters tackle accidental blaze in Hitchin town centre

PUBLISHED: 10:04 06 July 2018

Firefighters tackled a grill fire in Hitchin town centre last night. Picture: Danny Loo

Firefighters tackled a grill fire in Hitchin town centre last night. Picture: Danny Loo

Danny Loo Photography 2017

Firefighters last night tackled a fire at a food premises in Hitchin town centre, with a flat upstairs evacuated.

Two crews from Hitchin fire station were called to Churchyard at 1.51am, with the blaze located in a grill.

The firefighters put the fire out using a hosereel by 2.30am, and the site was ventilated. There were no casualties reported.

A fire service spokesman said the fire was listed as accidental.

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