A "huge fire" tore the roof off a building and left charred wood remaining after emergency crews rushed to the scene. The incident happened in Heanor Market Place on Saturday evening, and the area remains closed on Sunday(August 21).
Smoke was seen coming from the three-storey property, that is home to apartments and businesses, and a number of roads were closed while fire crews worked at the scene. Fire crews from Heanor, Ilkeston, Alfreton and Ascot Driver fire stations were first sent to the scene to tackle the blaze.
One woman who works at a neighbouring business, said: "I wasn't here until 4am and that's when I saw what had happened. We had to close yesterday but we've reopened since as normal. The whole road was closed off last night.
