FOUR fire crews attended a blaze in Poole which started in a bin and spread to two properties.

Dorset Police and Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Strand Street shortly before 7pm on Wednesday evening.

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A DW Fire spokesperson said they received a call at 6.43pm and three appliances from Poole and one from Hamworthy attended.

They said: "The stop message came in at 7.52pm. The fire was in a building with two floors, it was originally in a refuse and then spread to two further properties, a residential and a commercial property.

"One main line and two breathing apparatus were used. Police are in attendance."

There were no reports of any injuries.

A spokesperson for Dorset Police said: “We received a call at 6.58pm from the fire brigade requesting our assistance with road closure for a fire in a flat on Strand Street.”

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