McDonald's toilet fire in Telford in early hours leads to firefighter response

Firefighters scrambled in the early hours of Saturday (August 29)

Fire crews were called to an incident in a McDonald’s in a Telford suburb overnight.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service extinguished a fire in the toilets of McDonald’s on School Road, Donnington.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday (August 29), with the fire service being called at 4.51am.

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A fire service spokesperson said: “This incident involved a small fire within [a] toilet head.”

Two appliances attended the fire from the nearby Wellington station.

Fire crews used breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet to tackle the small blaze.

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