Warehouse fire breaks out in Sparkbrookpublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 24 May 2019
BBC Midlands Today
Roads were closed and residents told to keep doors and windows shut after fire broke out at a warehouse earlier.
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West Midlands Fire Service was called at about 04:00, external to the Bodyart Warehouse, Sparkbrook, on the corner of Highgate Road and Stratford Road.
HIghgate Road was shut at the junction of Stratford Road althought the road has since reopened.
The fire service said it had been worried the building contained asbestos.
By 06:30, it said they were starting to scale down the number of fire engines there from eight to four., external