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Dan Jessup SUS-200731-152123001

Crews respond to Eastbourne Pier fire - in pictures

Six fire engines were sent to a fire on Eastbourne Pier this afternoon (July 31).

Crews rushed to the scene at about 2.20pm, but the small fire had already been put out on arrival, said the fire service. The incident comes almost exactly six years after the major pier fire which caused serious destruction on July 30, 2014. Read more: Fire on Eastbourne Pier