Closure of roads for work after fire

Crosswells Road, between Western Road and Hall Street, is closed and Hall Street reduced to one-way traffic with access from Crosswells Road towards Vicarage Steet.

Restrictions are likely to for several weeks and a diversion is in place as clearance work continues on the Alcohols Limited building, after a November 26 fire.

Dozens of workers fled and people living nearby had to evacuate homes as the fire took hold just before 10am.

Fireballs and plumes of smoke could be seen for miles as firefighters fought the blaze. A worker was treated in hospital for burns and London Midland trains halted as smoke billowed across rail lines.