Firefighters have been praised after they took just five minutes to respond to a fire at a shopping centre that led to a supermarket being evacuated.
Shoppers in Pennywell, Sunderland, got more than they bargained for when firefighters attended following reports of an electrical fire on Thursday morning (September 22).
Three appliances from Farringdon and Gosforth Community Fire Stations including an Aerial Ladder Platform were deployed to the blaze at the supermarket on Portsmouth Road.
