999 response: significant Supermarket fire in Birmingham
The emergency services are responding to a significant fire. The fire broke out in #Sparkhill, in south Birmingham, in the early hours of Monday morning.
West Midlands Fire Service have issued a statement:
Shortly before 4.55am on Monday (23 December), we responded to Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham.
Ten fire engines, two 4×4 brigade response vehicles and a hydraulic aerial platform responded, crewed by around 55 firefighters.
This was a fire at the front of a retail shop, which spread to shop signage and the bay windows of flats above the shop.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the shop and flats to search for casualties.
Five people from the flats had left their properties and received checks from attending paramedics.
There were no casualties or injuries and everyone has been accounted for.
Firefighters have made good progress at the scene and the fire is under control.
The hydraulic aerial platform remains in use as crews work to prevent fire spread. Two fire engines remain at the scene.
Police colleagues are in attendance.
Stratford Road is closed in both directions from Formans Road to Nansen Road.
Fire Investigators are at the scene, working with crews.
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