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'Significant fire' involving row of terraced homes

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Sarah-May Buccieri,BBC News, Gainsborough
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Five properties were affected by the fire

Firefighters have tackled a major blaze involving a row of terraced houses in Gainsborough.

Crews were called to reports of multiple buildings on fire on Grey Street at 13:15 BST on Friday.

A Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue spokesperson described it as a "significant fire" but added nobody had been injured.

At 21:30 BST, one crew remained at the scene.

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Fire crews were called to Grey Street in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Earlier, police said five properties were affected but the fire service later gave a revised figure of four.

At its height, eight engines were on scene, including from Nottinghamshire and Humberside Fire and Rescue, with nearby residents told to keep all doors and windows shut.

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Tracy Livesey, who lives on Grey Street, saw the fire spread

Resident Tracy Livesey said she was looking out at her back garden when she saw smoke.

"It started getting worse and I heard eruption outside, so I went out and realised it was a house on fire," she said.

"As we've been watching it, it's spread through three of the houses, which I'm only two doors up from, so then we got told we had to leave.

"I don't know if my rabbit is OK because he's still in the garden."

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said an investigation was under way to establish the cause of the blaze.

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