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Cambridge University Arms blaze tackled by 60 firefighters | Cambridge University Arms blaze tackled by 60 firefighters |
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About 150 guests had to be evacuated when fire broke out at a major city centre hotel in Cambridge. | |
There were no reports of injuries as firefighters tackled the blaze at the De Vere University Arms Hotel near Parker's Piece. | |
Regent Street, a major road in the city centre, and other neighbouring streets were closed and traffic diverted. | Regent Street, a major road in the city centre, and other neighbouring streets were closed and traffic diverted. |
Two crews are expected to remain at the scene during the evening, the fire service said. | |
Eyewitness Rob Campbell, principal of Impington Village College in Cambridgeshire, said: "I could see the smoke from the top floor rooms. | Eyewitness Rob Campbell, principal of Impington Village College in Cambridgeshire, said: "I could see the smoke from the top floor rooms. |
"There were at least two that looked significantly damaged and one which was billowing smoke from the top. | |
"It looked like a fairly major incident with the number of tenders that were there, and all the police walking across Parker's Piece." | "It looked like a fairly major incident with the number of tenders that were there, and all the police walking across Parker's Piece." |
Crews from Suffolk and Hertfordshire helped Cambridgeshire firefighters tackle the blaze, which was confined to the top floor of the hotel although it had spread to the roof. | |
A full investigation into the cause of the blaze is now under way. | |