'Close your doors and windows': Road closed with five fire crews tackling HGV blaze in city

West Midlands Fire Service is dealing with a heavy goods vehicle at a commercial workshop that has caught fire.

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The fire service released a statement on its X account, formerly Twitter, detailing the blaze today on Garrison Street in the Bordesley area of Birmingham.

Fire engines from Highgate, Ward End, Hay Mills, Handsworth, Ladywood and Billesley are in attendance, crewed by around 30 firefighters. A hydraulic aerial platform is also at the scene.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are currently working to extinguish the fire and avoid it spreading further afield, and have confirmed that there are no injuries, with everyone accounted for.

But while the fire continues, residents and businesses are being advised to keep their windows and doors closed.