The leader of Nottinghamshire County Council says he saw smoke "pouring out" of the Conservative administration's headquarters as workers were evacuated during a major incident on Thursday, July 28. A firefighter at the scene says flames ripped through the first floor corridor before spreading throughout the building and onto the fourth floor.
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service says 12 fire engines and two aerial ladder platforms attended the blaze in County Hall, off Loughborough Road. Derbyshire and Leicestershire's fire crews also assisted in the major incident and East Midlands Ambulance Service attended as a "precaution".
Smoke could be seen billowing out of County Hall, an ageing building completed in the 1950s after delays due to the Second World War. While the extent of the damage is not yet known the fire is understood to have spanned multiple floors.
