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Firefighters from six stations tackle major blaze at old Walsall care home

More than 30 firefighters successfully extinguished a "severe blaze" at an old residential care home in Pleck, Walsall.

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The care home in Slaney Road caught fire on Monday evening

Crews from six fire stations worked together to fight the fire on the ground floor of a derelict care home on Slaney Road around 8pm.

A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: "The fire was in a rear ground floor fire in a derelict care home on Slaney Road. Nobody was injured during the fire. Crews from several stations have extinguished the fire."

The service tweeted at 8pm: "Over 30 fire fighters are currently dealing with a severe fire in the ground floor of a void residential care home on Slaney Road, Pleck, Walsall."

Crews from Aldridge, Walsall, Willenhall, West Bromwich, Tipton and Perry Barr fought the blaze.