Residents evacuated from their homes after 30-foot flames engulf launderette
Residents have spoken of their panic after they woke up to find a launderette behind their homes engulfed with 30-foot flames. People living close to Impressed Laundry, in Common Lane, were evacuated this morning after a fire took hold at about 6.45am. At the height of the blaze, up to eight fire crews were trying to bring it under control.