Fire crews called to blaze at pub

A street showing two red fire engines from Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue, with firefighters attending to an incident at a white two-storey pub with a sign reading The Horse & Groom. A red Ford Focus car is in the foreground. In the background, a steep hill rises, dotted with houses, and the three towers of a cathedral can be seen rising above other buildings.Zara Healy/BBC

Six fire engines were called to the pub

Holly Phillips
BBC News

Six fire engines were called to a blaze at a pub in the centre of Lincoln.

The fire broke out this morning at The Horse & Groom, on Carholme Road, close to Brayford Wharf.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "There is an ongoing incident at a commercial premises on Carholme Road."

No one was hurt and it is understood the fire is out.

A street scene with a group of police officers and firefighters gathered near a building. An ambulance is parked on the left. In the background, a sign for "The Horse & Groom" is visible on a white building.Zara Healy/ BBC

Carholme Road has reopened to traffic

A section of the major road was closed for several hours.

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