Fire destroys the roof of Lincolnshire Wolds village pub

Firefighters were called to the Cross Keys Inn on Brigg Road in Grasby just after 14:00 BST on Monday

A village pub in northern Lincolnshire has been seriously damaged in a fire, with its roof completely destroyed.

Firefighters were called to the Cross Keys Inn on Brigg Road, Grasby, just after 14:00 BST on Monday.

The "substantial fire" in a flat above the pub was brought under control by six appliances, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said.

The gastropub's landlord Thomas Soulby said he was "happy that no one got hurt".

"That's really the main thing in an incident like this," he said.

"It's a shame, just as we move into our busiest season in summer."

Jess Thomson, 31, was in the beer garden when the fire broke out.

She said: "The fire alarms were going off twice, then next thing I know a window smashed upstairs, the whole place was up in smoke and the roof.

"We were evacuated straight away."