Fire crews are battling a blaze in a town centre pub in Nantwich.
The fire broke out in a ground floor cleaning cupboard of the Red Cow pub on Beam Street and spread.
It’s not clear whether anyone was in the building at the time or if anyone is injured.
Three fire appliances are on scene and Nantwich Police had to close the road from the junction with the health centre turn off at one end down to Market Street by the library.
The road and Nantwich bus stations have now re-opened, say emergency services.
Four firefighters had to wearing breathing apparatus to get inside the building and tackle the flames with two hose reel jets.
They also used a large fan to clear the fumes.
National Grid teams were also called to isolate power supplies in the building.
A spokeswoman for Cheshire Fire Service said: “We were called at 10.18am, the fire involves two floors of the pub. We have three appliances on scene, one from Nantwich and two from Crewe.
“We are still on scene so details are coming through. Police set up an outer cordon.”
A Nantwich Police spokeswoman said: “We believe the fire started in the cleaning cupboard downstairs, but the electrics are still live so we’ve had to close off the area.”
(Pictures courtesy of Claire Faulkner and Darren McDean)
Well it’ll not do the ale any good, but at least the pies’ll be cooked through eh?