At 4:36am on Friday, 3 April, we received reports of a fire on Cheapside in Reading.
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Caversham Road, Wokingham Road, Wokingham, Bracknell, Whitley Wood and Theale fire stations were sent to the scene alongside the Service’s Aerial Ladder Platform.
Upon arrival, crews discovered a fire on the ground floor of a four-storey building. Firefighters equipped with breathing apparatus used one hose reel jet to extinguish the property before ventilating smoke from the property with a fan.
Crews were at the scene for approximately 50 minutes.