EMERGENCY services descended on Whitchurch on Wednesday evening, in response to a fire in the town centre.
At 6.20pm Shropshire Fire and Rescue responded to a call of people trapped in a flat fire at a property in High Street.
Three crews were mobilised to tackle the fire from Prees and Whitchurch, with an operations officer also in attendance.
Crews on the scene used breathing apparatus and hosereel jet to tackle the fire, which involved a small cooker.
All people in the flat were accounted for and the building was ventilated.
Also in attendance were West Mercia Police and the West Midlands Ambulance Service, although it is not yet known why the former were on the scene in such heavy numbers.
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