Hailsham fire photos: five engines attend incident after report of smoke coming from roof

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to The Acorns at 3.34pm after receiving reports of smoke coming from a roof.

An ESFRS spokesperson said on Thursday: “As of 4.20pm we has sent five fire engines, an aerial ladder platform and officers to the scene. Crews are using four breathing apparatus and hose reel jets. Please avoid the area while we work.”

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A later update said: “As of 4.35pm the fire is out and crews are damping down and cutting away parts of the roof to deal with any remaining hot spots.” Another update that evening added: “We are scaling back to three fire engines at the scene.”

AA Traffic News at www.theaa.com/route-planner/traffic-news reported at 3.38pm that Mill Road had been shut ‘both ways from Observatory View to St Marys Avenue’.