Bardwell: Listed building hit by ‘substantial’ fire

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Fire at listed building

Tom Potter
Sunday, June 29, 2014

3:02 PM

Firefighters were called to take care of a blaze which started in the chimney of a Grade II listed building near Bury St Edmunds this afternoon.

The fire started at a property in Low Street, Bardwell, just before 1pm.

Fire crews from Ixworth and Elmswell were called to the scene, where they discovered that a blaze, described as “substantial” had broken out behind an inglenook fireplace.

Crews used various chimney gear and a thermal imaging camera to extinguish the fire, bringing the flames under control by 1.48pm.

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