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