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Flat badly damaged as blaze rips through home

Tim Kirby The upper floor of a brick residential building. A fire is blazing inside a window and thick smoke is billowing out.Tim Kirby
Five fire engines were sent to the "well-developed" blaze on Thursday evening

Firefighters have been tackling a serious blaze inside a flat.

Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said five fire engines, including ones from Warwickshire, were sent to Oxhill Close, Redditch, just after 19:00 BST on Thursday and found a "well-developed" fire.

More than 20 firefighters worked for about 90 minutes to put the blaze out - the fire service has not said if anyone was hurt.

A spokesperson added that investigators were working to find out what caused the blaze.

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