EMERGENCY services rushed to a Southampton street after derelict pub was set alight.
Crews from Hampshire Fire an Rescue Service (HFRS) were called to the empty Bridge Tavern on Coxford Road at 6.49pm this evening after it is believed someone broke in and started a fire.
Two crews from St Marys, crews from Redbridge and Totton, a command unit and an aerial ladder response unit were all at the scene to extinguish the fire.
A spokesperson from HFRS at the scene told the Daily Echo that the roof "was well alight" upon arrival.
He added: "When we arrived we could see fire coming out of the holes [at the bottom of the building].
"Someone had broken in there so we had to check there were no casualties.
"Two crews were sent into the building.
"The first to extinguish the fire, and the second to search the building and make sure there was no one in there."
No one was injured.
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