Live: Fire crews battle huge Bude blaze

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At 03:35, Critical Control began receiving numerous 999 calls reporting a fire at a commercial building in Bude.

Two engines were immediately mobilized from Bude, together with a full officer for support. On arrival the first machine requested additional assistance from two other machines which were mobilized from Holsworthy and Hartland.

Firefighters on scene reported a kitchen area was well lit and, wearing breathing apparatus, used a drum jet and safety jet to begin extinguishing the fire.

A short time later, two more machines were requested from the incident commander, which were mobilized from Delabole and Launceston.

In total there are now 6 appliances, 2 full time officers, an incident command unit from Launceston and a welfare support vehicle from Torpoint.

Crews are making good progress and remain on scene at this time.