Fire crews called to overnight blaze at building

Several fire engines can be seen parked in a residential street at night, with smoke rising up in the distance above a tree
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The fire took hold in a low-rise building on Handsworth Wood Road

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Fire crews have been dealing with a large blaze at a building in Birmingham.

West Midlands Fire Service said they were called to Handsworth Wood Road at 03:00 BST on Thursday.

Six fire engines were in attendance, they said.

The service added that the fire had now been extinguished and it would shortly be scaling down the number of crews at the scene.

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