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Hickling Hall fire: Grade II-listed building destroyed | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
A Grade II-listed building in Norfolk has been destroyed in a fire. | A Grade II-listed building in Norfolk has been destroyed in a fire. |
Dozens of firefighters from across Norfolk were called to Hickling Hall, Hickling, at about 19:50 GMT on Friday. | |
Norfolk Fire Service said the three-floor hall, situated on a farm, was "fully involved" in the fire. | Norfolk Fire Service said the three-floor hall, situated on a farm, was "fully involved" in the fire. |
Roy Harrold, Norfolk's deputy chief fire officer, said: "With the nature of a building fire this intense, it's difficult to get back inside safely." A fire investigation is now under way. | |
"We were called to a chimney fire, but the first arriving crews sent a message back immediately to say the fire was spreading to a bedroom upstairs," said Mr Harrold. | |
"Unfortunately, there were not very good water supplies in the area and the crews were unable to contain the fire and the whole properly was lost. | |
"It's a shell, the entire interior was destroyed, it's very sad to see as it was clearly a lovely building." | |
At the scene: Alex Dunlop, BBC Look East | |
Standing just 20 yards from the house it's completely gutted. Puffs of smoke still come from near the chimney where it's thought the fire started. | |
From where I'm standing I can see the first floor no longer exists, there's no roof - it's a very sorry sight. | |
Stewart Ellis, the owner's son, said his distraught father managed to get out of the building but had been left with just the clothes he was standing in. | |
The smell of smoke hangs in the air, you can see embers still burning and the red brickwork of this 18th Century house is charred. | |
The ceiling is clearly in a very dangerous state and it's unlikely this historic home can be resurrected from the ashes. |