Lutterworth: Fire breaks out at pub with thatched roof

Crews were called to the scene of a blaze at a 16th Century thatched roof pub in a Leicestershire town.

The county's fire service said it was alerted to the blaze at The Shambles in Bell Street, Lutterworth, at 13:37 GMT.

The main road through the town was closed and one person was reported to be suffering from smoke inhalation.

The fire service said all people had been accounted for.

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