Residents were saved from a block of flats after a bin store fire spread to the property above in County Durham.
Emergency crews rushed to the scene following reports that a fire at a bin store had spread at a block of flats in Ashfield, Newton Aycliffe, just after 2am this morning (August 11).
Officers from both the County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service and Durham Constabulary attended the scene where residents had to be brought to safety following the terrifying blaze.
