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Crews called to dramatic van fire at Preston Flag Market

Posted on - 28th February, 2017 - 1:16pm | Author - | Posted in - Preston City Centre, Preston News
Blaze at the Flag Market in Preston. Credit: Yo Burrito

Lancashire Fire & Rescue crews were called to the Flag Market in Preston after a van overheated and caught fire.

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Firefighters from Preston attended the scene which started at around 12.45pm today.

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You can see footage of crews extinguishing the fire at the foot of the article. The footage was caught by Jamie Palmer of Yo Burrito.

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Describing the situation, he said a crowd of people had gathered round the van which was smoking. Within two minutes it had burst into flames with a crowd of approximately 200 people watching.

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Jamie said: “Somebody parked a van at the Flag Market. It started smoking and got gradually worse then it was on fire.

“The fire engine was there within a couple of minutes so somebody must have called while it was smoking.

“There was a huge crowd, it must have been around 200 people, with lots of people filming on their phones.”

The fire is now extinguished.

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