Northamptonshire country road closed for around two hours as firefighters dealt with blaze in workshop
A Northamptonshire country road was closed for around two hours on Wednesday May 6, as firefighters dealt with a blaze in a workshop.
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) were called to reports of a premises on fire in Pattishall Road, Bugbrooke around 3.30pm.
The country road that links Bugbrooke and the A5 was closed by the fire service, while the incident was dealt with. Members of the public were asked to avoid the area while the incident was ongoing.
A spokeswoman for NFRS said: “Four crews tackled the fire, which had started in a workshop and spread to sheds, using hose-reel jets and a main jet and the road was closed by the fire service while the incident was dealt with.
“By 4.30pm, firefighters had begun dampening down hotspots and monitoring temperatures.”
The spokeswoman added that the fire was believed to have started accidentally. The road re-opened at around 5.40pm.