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Three cars catch fire while parked at B&M

Laura Louise A fire spreading to parked cars. The blaze is burning bright, with the fire engulfing a dark vehicle to the left of the main fire. Laura Louise
The car fire spread to two others at the retail park in Featherstone

Three cars have caught fire while parked outside a B&M store.

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said one vehicle was originally on fire before the flames spread to two others at the retail park in Featherstone, near Wakefield, on Monday.

Nobody was injured but two fire crews from Wakefield and Normanton had to be called to extinguish the blaze.

An eyewitness who had been shopping said the side of the discount store's building had also suffered damage.

Laura Louise A fire engine with crew tackling the blaze. Black smoke is drifting over a retail park store. Laura Louise
Fire crews from Wakefield and Normanton attended the blaze

West Yorkshire Fire Service said: "We were called at 14.35 BST yesterday to a retail park on Wakefield Road to reports of a car on fire.

"Two crews attended, from Wakefield and Normanton.

"The fire had spread to three cars in the vicinity and firefighters used breathing apparatus and hose reels to extinguish it."

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