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One person dead following flat fire in Leominster

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Tuesday, 14 November 2017 22:58

One person has died following a fire in a flat in Leominster.

Firefighters were called out on Tuesday morning at 9.30am to reports of a flat fire on Waterworks Lane.

Two people managed to escape from the property but there was one fatality.

Fire crews from Leominster, Kingsland and Tenbury Wells attended the incident.

A West Mercia Police spokeswoman confirmed that a person had died in the fire.

Hereford and Worcester Fire & Rescue Service says an investigation has been launched to establish the cause of the blaze.

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