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Hedge and fencing destroyed by fire at house in Shrewsbury

Firefighters rushed to a shed fire in Shrewsbury.

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The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call reporting the incident in Ludford Drive, Shrewsbury, just after 10.30pm yesterday (Wednesday, May 7). 

Two fire engines were mobilised from Shrewsbury and upon arrival crews found one shed, a conifer hedgerow and fencing "fully destroyed" by fire.

A firefighter
Firefighters were called to a shed fire in Shrewsbury last night. (Photo: Victoria Jones/PA)

Firefighters used two hose reel jets, a thermal imaging camera and small tools to extinguish the fire while wearing breathing apparatus. 

The incident was under control by 11.16pm.