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PICTURES: Fire crews tackle blaze at old college building

Firefighters tackled a blaze at the old Sandwell College building today, forcing the closure of a road.

Published Aug 4, 2015

Six fire crews were sent to the scene on Crocketts Lane to put out the fire - the operation has since been down scaled to four crews.

It is not yet known how the fire started and there are no reported injuries.

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