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Smell of burning causes fire scare at Burnham-On-Sea bank

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Burnham-On-Sea fire crews rushed to a town centre bank on Friday afternoon (July 17th) after staff reported a smell of burning.

Two fire engines were sent to Nat West Bank in Regent Street to investigate shortly after 4pm, as pictured here.

“The fire crews used a thermal imaging camera to try and found the source of a strong smell of burning but no fire was found,” fire brigade spokesman Paul Slavin told Burnham-On-Sea.com.

He added that staff and customers were evacuated from the building as a precuation, but that no-one had been injured.

It came during a busy day for Burnham’s fire crews, who were also called out at 11.25am to an accident on the M5 near Weston where a caravan left the carriageway. There were no serious injuries.

The fire crews used this thermal imaging camera inside the bank

Regent Street was blocked to traffic during the incident

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