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Crews tackle Leeds tower block fire
The incident scene.
FIRE broke out in a flat on the eighth floor of a Leeds tower block early today.
The alarm was raised at 3.56am when fire crews from Gipton and Leeds central fire station in Kirkstall Road were called at Shakespeare Towers, a high rise block opposite St James’s Hospital at Burmantofts.
Leeds central station’s aerial appliance was turned out.
Six fire-fighters wearing breathing apparatus went into the block and dealt with the blaze. Fire crews were at the scene until about 8 am.
It is not known if the flat was occupied, but there were no reports of any injuries.
A number of flats suffered a power cut when Yorkshire Electricity cut off supplies.
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Saturday 26 May 2012
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