Investigation into A140 garage fire
A joint police and fire investigation was underway today after a blaze at a petrol station in Suffolk forced part of a busy road to be shut.A section of the A140 was closed from about 7pm last night when a fire began in the loft space of the Mendlesham Group Fuels garage at Brockford, near Eye.
A joint police and fire investigation was underway today after a blaze at a petrol station in Suffolk forced part of a busy road to be shut.
A section of the A140 was closed from about 7pm last night when a fire began in the loft space of the Mendlesham Group Fuels garage at Brockford, near Eye.
More than 50 firefighters tackled the blaze at the car showroom beside the A-road and managed to stop the fire from spreading to the adjoining station.
Crews attended from Eye, Debenham, Stowmarket, Needham Market, Bury St Edmunds, Framlingham, Elmswell, Diss and Ipswich.
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Police closed a stretch of the A140 between the A143 junction and the Brockford Road junction. No-one was hurt, but significant damage was caused to the building.
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