Latest updates: East Midlands Live Monday 5 November

Summary

Huge fire at Nottingham's former cattle market last night
Flames brought under control, but area remains cordoned off
At least half a dozen businesses destroyed or damaged
Cause of blaze currently unknown
Live updates on Monday 5 November 2018

Live Reporting

Amy Woodfield, Nick Smith and Gavin Bevis

Firefighters dousing hot spots at cattle marketpublished at 08:20 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
At least four businesses were destroyed in last night's fire and crews are continuing to douse hot spots.
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Delays expected to mail deliveries following blazepublished at 08:18 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
There are expected to be delays to mail deliveries across Nottingham due to the cattle market fire.
Alan Courtney, manager of the Royal Mail delivery office near the market, said: "It’s just an access issue, getting the mail into the building.
"Through the night Nottingham distribution have attempted to come through the blockades but have been stopped so we can’t get the mail in to sort and get delivered."
Businesses burn down in blazepublished at 08:13 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
It's a sad sight for many business owners in Nottingham this morning.
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'Lucky' business survives blazepublished at 08:08 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
The manager of a flower wholesaler off Meadow Lane came to see the effects of the fire at about 02:00.
Dave Hughes said he was "pretty worried" until he got here and saw his business just about survived the blaze.
Me Hughes said: "It's a bit scary to see how close the flames had got. I would say we're so lucky. The guys did a great job at putting the fire out and saving us local businesses."
Road closures after cattle market firepublished at 08:05 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
A number of roads in the centre of Nottingham remain closed following yesterday's fire.
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'Smouldering mess' left by cattle market firepublished at 08:04 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Hayley Compton
Reporter, BBC Radio Nottingham
Charred timber, twisted metal and small pockets of fires are all that remains of much of the cattle market.
BBC Radio Nottingham's Hayley Compton is at the scene.
She said: “The smoke has lifted and what remains of people's livelihoods is a charred mess just off Cattle Market Road.
“Everything is black and wet, just charred timber and twisted metal.
“You can still see firefighters dousing pockets of flames, trying to make this area safe for other businesses.”
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Man watched business burn to the groundpublished at 07:51 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Sarah Julian
BBC Radio Nottingham
There's a low mist and a smell of smoke still hanging in the air. We know that at least six businesses have burned down here at the Cattle Market in this massive blaze.
Anchor Supplies is one of the buildings affected - it now looks like a tangled mess with blackened charcoal.
Image source, Andy Caddell
Many of the business owners have come together at the market cafe.
Tony owns a fruit and veg outlet here and told me he felt sick this morning. He and his son have run the family business for 12 years and last night he watched it burn to the ground.
Liam Fanning, a delivery driver for Bed City, told me what he found as he arrived at work: "There's just nothing there. Just ashes. From a big building down to ashes."
Video: Explosions at cattle marketpublished at 07:48 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
A number of explosions were heard at the cattle market fire last night as gas cylinders were caught up in the blaze.
Low water pressure hampered initial firefighting effortspublished at 07:46 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Low water pressure in the area surrounding the cattle market was a challenge during early firefighting efforts yesterday evening.
Incident commander Bryn Coleman said: "One of the initial issues that we had, we had low water pressure in the area so crews were really struggling with water.
"We used a high volume pump, which is sent into the Nottingham canal, that’s delivered a large quantity of water which has aided our firefighting operation and managed to contain it to the buildings that have been affected."
Image source, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
Snake bite injury reported during evacuationpublished at 07:40 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Amy Woodfield
BBC News
The only injury reported during the blaze at Nottingham's Cattle Market was a man bitten by a snake that was evacuated from a building in the area.
Image source, @malone_msm
Bryn Coleman, who has been coordinating the firefighting effort for Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue, told the BBC no members of the public have reported more serious injuries yet.
Nottingham fire investigation to begin todaypublished at 07:39 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
The cattle market fire was under control just before 23:17 last night.
Fire crews remained on the scene throughout the night and an investigation into the cause of the blaze will begin today.
Image source, Andy Caddell
Cattle market blaze 'under control'published at 07:38 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
The fire, which started at around 18:00 yesterday, is under control but still smouldering.
At least half a dozen businesses have been destroyed or damaged in the blaze at the industrial estate just off Meadow Lane.
Image source, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
Residents near the business estate, off Meadow Lane, were asked to keep their windows and doors closed.
The fire started in four buildings at the estate, which eight crews and an aerial ladder sent to tackle the fire.
Gas cylinders exploded in cattle market firepublished at 07:36 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2018
Nick Smith
BBC News Online
Gas cylinders exploded as firefighters tackled a large fire at Nottingham's former cattle market.
Incident commander Bryn Coleman said: "We've had several small explosions which some members of the community may have heard across Nottingham.
"[They] have been caused by compressed gas cylinders which had been involved in the fire."
Image source, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
There are no reports of casualties and Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service has urged people to avoid the area where possible.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.