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Firefighters tackle blaze at former prep school

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Crews from seven stations were called to the fire, alongside an aerial ladder platform

Firefighters from two counties have been tackling a blaze at a three-storey former preparatory school.

The emergency services were called to the Moreton Hall site in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, at about 10:50 BST, after smoke was seen coming from a second-floor window.

The nearby Moreton Hall Health Club was evacuated as part of the operation, a Suffolk Fire Service spokesperson said.

No-one was injured in the fire at the former school on Mount Road, which closed in summer 2020.

Bob Jones/Geograph Moreton Hall School a Georgian-style manor house. On the right is a three storey building rising to a grey peaked roof and extending on the left is a two storey wing. In front of the house is grass and people playing cricket in cricket whites. There are trees to its right and another large tree on the far right. Bob Jones/Geograph
Smoke was seen coming out of a second floor window at the building (pictured before the school closed), says a fire service spokesperson

The fire has been extinguished, but firefighters, including crews from Norfolk, remained at the scene on Saturday afternoon.

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