UPDATE: Buildings evacuated in Croydon town centre blaze (From Your Local Guardian)

Buildings evacuated in Croydon town centre blaze

7:49am Thursday 29th July 2010 in News By Mike Didymus

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Buildings were evacuated in Church Street, Croydon, last night after a major fire destroyed a shop front and flats.

Firefighters spent more than seven hours tackling the blaze which totally gutted the Wing Tai Chinese supermarket below the flats and partially damaged the next three floors and the roof of the building.

Nineteen people were forced to leave the buildings nearby and two people were treated by ambulance crews for smoke inhalation.

Croydon Council set up a rest centre for the evacuees.

The fire brigade used five jets, aerial spotters and heat cameras to fight the fire.

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