Firefighters Battle Roof Fire at Barrow Primary School

Firefighters were called to a school in Barrow after a fire broke out in the roof space of the building.

The incident happened at Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School on Mill Bank at around 12.30pm on Friday, August 21.

Four fire engines from Barrow, Ulverston and Walney attended the scene, along with a turntable ladder from Barrow. Crews arrived within around five minutes of the alarm being raised.

Firefighters worked to contain the blaze and had extinguished the fire by 2.12pm. Some roof tiles were also removed as a precaution to prevent the flames from spreading further through the building.

People in an unaffected section of the school were evacuated while crews dealt with the incident.

All those who were inside the building were safely accounted for, and there were no reports of anyone being injured.

Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service said firefighters would return to the school later in the evening to check the building and make sure there were no signs of the fire reigniting.The cause of the fire has not been confirmed.

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