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Firefighters spend three hours at pub tumble dryer blaze

Firefighters spent three hours tackling a blaze at a pub.

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The Lowfield Inn in Marton, on the Shropshire/Powys border

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Crews were called to a fire at the Lowfield Inn in Marton, near the border with Powys, at around 8.38pm on Monday.

Crews spent almost three hours at the scene after a fire had started involving a tumble dryer and cleaning fluids.

Two crews from Minsterley used a covering jet, a hosereel jet and breathing apparatus at the pub, which is on the B4386 near Welshpool.

The crews and the operations officer left the scene at around 11.45pm.