Residents evacuated as crews attend fire at Bognor Regis property

Fire crews attended the incident in Longford Road

Crews were called to reports of a fire in a domestic property on Longford Road at 10.42pm. See pictures from the scene here

West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said the property was empty but occupants of the ground floor and first floor flats were evacuated ‘as a precaution’.

“Two crews from Bognor Regis, along with one from Chichester and one from Littlehampton attended the scene with the Command Support Unit from Haywards Heath,” a fire service spokesperson said.

“Upon arrival they found a fire in the basement of the property, which was unoccupied and under renovation.

“The fire was quickly located and extinguished by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus who used two high pressure hose reels and one safety jet to extinguish the fire.

“The flat suffered extensive fire damage, and heavy smoke damage to the rest of the flat.”

The flats above suffered with ‘light smoke logging’, the fire service said.

To make the electricity supply safe, Southern Scottish Electricity (SSE) attended to cap the supply in the road.

The last crew left the scene just before 12.30am.  

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