Three fire crews raced to a multi-storey car park in Wiltshire to tackle a stairwell fire.
Firefighters arrived at the multi-storey car park opposite St Stephen’s Leisure Centre in Trowbridge shortly after 9pm on Monday, November 25.
They were responding to reports of a fire in the stairwell of the building and discovered a small blaze involving a blanket during the incident.
Crews remained on the scene for around half an hour while the fire was extinguished.
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A spokesperson said: “We were called to Castle Place multi-storey car park at 9:09pm on November 25 following reports of a fire.
“Two fire engines from Trowbridge and one from Bradford on Avon were mobilised and on arrival found a small fire on the top floor stairwell involving a blanket.
“The fire was extinguished using a wildfire pack and the stop came in at 9:34pm.”
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