FIRE CREWS have remained at the scene of a "significant" factory fire overnight in Herefordshire.

Yesterday (November 6), at around  2.25 pm, crews were called to the industrial estate on Dymock Road in Ledbury and found a "well alight" building on arrival, with everyone having to be evacuated.

The fire service issued a statement advising residents of Ledbury to keep their windows and doors shut, to avoid fumes from the fire.

Now, a spokesperson for the service has said that firefighters continued their work on the building throughout the evening and night.

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Attendance was gradually scaled back, with one crew remaining at the scene this morning, using a thermal imaging camera to check for hot spots.

In total, four Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews – one each from Ledbury, Ross-on-Wye, Fownhope and Malvern Fire Stations – plus the aerial ladder platform from Hereford, the incident command unt from Wyre Forest, the incident support unit from Droitwich, the drone from Ledbury and a Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service crew from Tewkesbury attend the fire.

 Crews from Leominster, Upton-upon-Severn, Eardisley, Wyre Forest, Bromsgrove and Worcester subsequently attended as relief.