Fire spreads from caravan to old supermarket
The fire spread to the old Sainsbury's building, the fire service said (generic photograph)
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Fire crews have been tackling a fire in a former Sainsbury's after a blaze started in a caravan and spread to the old supermarket building.
West Midlands Fire Service sent four engines and a hydraulic platform to the former store in Foleshill, Coventry, just after 16:35 BST.
A spokeswoman said a caravan had caught fire and the blaze had spread to the empty Sainsbury's but it was not known what had caused the blaze in Austin Drive.
Videos , externalposted on social media appeared to show dense clouds of thick black smoke billowing from the fire.
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