Fire on narrowboat in Staffordshire

Fire crews tackled a blaze on a narrowboat at a marina near Penkridge.

Published Oct 31, 2013

Firefighters from Penkridge and Rising Brook attended Otherton Boat Haven on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at around 8pm last night.

Company director Jacqueline Dorrington said a male visitor dialed 999 due to an incident in the galley on a narrowboat moored in Otherton Lane. No-one was hurt.

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