At 2:26pm on Tuesday, 18 August, we received reports of a fire on Patriot Place in Reading.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Caversham Road, Wokingham, Slough, Whitley Wood and Windsor fire stations were sent to the scene alongside an Officer and the Aerial Ladder Platform from Whitley Wood Fire Station.

On arrival, crews discovered a fire in a block of flats. Firefighters equipped with breathing apparatus used two hose reels, a hose reel jet and the Aerial Ladder Platform to extinguish the fire.

Crews were at the scene for approximately three hours and 15 minutes.