FIRE crews rushed to a Herefordshire school after a blaze broke out inside a computer room.

The fire service was called to a school in Bromyard, understood to be Queen Elizabeth High School, on Friday (November 8) at around 10.45am, and scrambled to the scene to control the fire.

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The fire had broken out in a computer room, with crews heading into the school wearing breathing apparatus and extinguishing the blaze with dry powder and an extinguisher.

There were no casualties and no other emergency services were required. Firefighters left the scene at 11.42am.

A spokesperson for the fire service said: "Two Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews, one each from Bromyard and Malvern Fire Station, were called at 10.49am on November 8 to fire in a school in Bromyard. The fire was extinguished by two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus. A damaged computer was removed from the building, positive pressure ventilation was used with hotspots checked."